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WILD AND CULTIVATED COTTONS 



named ' G. nigrum, vitifolium, 

 Roxb., ex Ham. collected Botanical 

 Gardens, Calcutta, Dec. 28, 1814 

 = G. hirsutura, Linn., var. ? re- 

 ligiosa, Watt; . . . 1,875 'H' 

 named ' G. nigrum laeve ' ex Ham. 

 n. 1,550, collected Sibgunj Nov. 

 21, 1809 = G. purpurascens, Poir. ; 

 [in Edinburgh Herb., p. 252] ; . . . 

 1,875 ' J ' named ' G. nigrum, var. 

 rubicxindum,' ex Ham. collected 

 Gonga Chora, June 80, 1809 = G. 

 arboreum, Linn., var. ? sanguinea 

 (or rather red-flowered var. neg- 

 lecta, Watt ; [in Edinburgh Herb., 

 p. 93]; . . . 1,875 'Z' in Wall. 

 Cat. named ' G. flavescens ' and 

 obtained from Herb. Mad., but 

 there is no specimen of it in 

 Linnean Society's set ; [though in 

 Calc. dated Nov., 1807, collected 

 Mad. = G. vitifolium, Lamk., p. 

 258] ; . . . 1,875 ' L ' in Wall. Cat. j 

 named ' G. arboreum ' and pro- 

 cured from Herb. Mad. no speci- 

 men in Linnean Society's set [in 

 Calc. set there is a specimen 

 mentioned under ' F ' above that 

 answers to this = G. periivi- 

 anum, Cav., 216] ; . . . 1,875 ' M ' 

 named G. flore albo,' &c. = G. 

 mexicanum, Tod., but has along- 

 side a fruit with very large seeds 

 coated with thick rust-coloured 

 fuzz and poor rust-coloured floss : 

 on the same sheet are also mounted 

 two other plants ex Wight, collected 

 at Tanjore in 1813. These are (a) 

 named ' G. hirsutum, var. ? ' = G. 

 punctatum, Sch. et TJwn. ; (b) 

 named ' Cudaparatti, Tamil ' = G. 

 barbadense, Linn. 



. . . 1,880 'A,' n. 559, named 

 ' G. herbaceum,' collected Kyang 

 Talong, Martaban, Sept. 1826 = 

 G. Nanking, Meyen, var. ? Nadam, 

 Watt; . . . 1,880 ' B,' named 

 ' G. herbaceum ' = G. Nanking, 

 Meyen, var. rubicunda, Watt ; 

 [this exactly matches the ' H.B.C.' 

 specimens in Calc. Herb, and 

 has distinctly purple flowers, 

 141] : on the same sheet is 

 mounted another plant, named 

 ' G. indicum,' ex Wight, collected 

 Tinnevelly 1814 = G. Nanking, 

 Meyen, var. Nadam, Watt; [in 

 Kew Herb., see Wight's Tinnevelly 

 plant, 129] ; . . . 1,880 ' C,' named 



' G. viridescens hirsutum ' ex 

 Ham., collected Nathpur, Sept. 

 1810 = G. arboreum, Linn., var. 

 neglecta, Watt ; [often quoted as 

 1880 (a) whereas it should be 1880 

 C (a) : duplicates in Calcutta and 

 Edinburgh], 94, 99 ; on the same 

 sheet is a second plant named ' G. 

 viridescens herbaceum,' ex Ham., 

 collected Nathpur, Oct. 1810 = 

 G. arboreum, Linn., var. neglecta, 

 Watt, but possibly hybridised with 

 G. Nanking, Meyen is much like 

 a form of var. Bani, Watt ; [often 

 quoted as 1880 (b)], 94, 99 ; ... 

 1,880 ' D,' a cultivated cotton 

 collected above Trogla, March 

 1847 = G. obtusifolium, Roxb., var. 

 Wightiana, Watt. . . . 1,881 'A,' 

 named ' G. arboreum,' also ' G. 

 religiosum,' ex Heyne = G. ar- 

 boreum, Linn, 82, 84; . . . 1,881 

 ' B,' said in Wall. Cat. to have 

 been obtained from herb. Russell, 

 but no specimen of it in the Wall. 

 Herb., in possession of Linnean 

 Society; [in Kew Herb, it may 

 however be seen] = G. arboreum, 

 Linn., var. neglecta, Watt, 98. 



Wallichian (so-called) specimens 

 not represented in Linnean 

 Society's set [n. 1,875, in Calc., ex 

 Heyne] = G. Nanking, Meyen, var. 

 Bani, Watt ; . . . [n. 1,875, in Calc., 

 ex Mad. Herb.] = G. ? mexicanum, 

 Tod. ; . . . [n. 1,875, in B. M. 

 Herb. coll. Bhutan] = G. pur- 

 purascens, Poir., 252 ; . . . [1,881 

 a, in B. M. Herb., ex herb. Shuttle- 

 worth] = G. Nanking, Meyen, var. 

 Bani, Watt, 132 ; ... [1,881 in 

 Calc., ex herb. Heyne] = G. Nan- 

 king, Meyen, var. near Roji, Watt. 



There are several significant 

 features of the Wallichian cottons : 

 for example the absence of G. 

 brasiliense ; the existence of only 

 one of G. obtusifolium, Roxb., var. 

 Wightiana, and the absence of 

 G. obtusifolium, Roxb. (proper). 

 On the other hand there is an 

 extensive series of G. purpuras- 

 cens, Poir., and G. mexicanum, 

 Tod., often hardly separable, since 

 neither fruits nor seeds are as a 

 rule present. Lastly, only one 

 sample of G. hirsutum, Linn., exists 

 in the series. The major portion 

 of the specimens in Wall. Cat. 



