394 



WILD AND CULTIVATED COTTONS 



GOSSYPIUM HIESUTUM, Limn., 183- 

 200 ; also App. C, p. 381 ; mistakes 

 made by certain writers, 119, 120, 

 274, 332 ; in Linn. herb, and in Linn. 

 Sp. PI., 140 ; Philip Miller's plant, 18, 

 186-9, 192, 196, 323-4 ; in New and 

 Old Worlds, 184 ; diagnostic charac- 

 ters, 164, 184 ; vern. and trade names 

 for, 183 : habitat and distribution, 

 184, 190 ; type and early drawings of, 

 184, 186, 187, 189, 191 ; earliest culti- 

 vation known of, 187-9 ; hybridisa- 

 tion and selection, 162, 167, 190-1, 

 192-9, 231-9, 274; long staple Up- 

 lands, 234-5 ; degeneration of, 191 ; 

 soil and climate for, 195 ; in United 

 States, 192-6 ; in Africa, 179, 196-8 ; 

 in India, 198-200 ; in Eussian Tur- 

 key, 240 ; derived from G.punctatum, 

 165, 169, 174, 184, 191; Eiqueza 

 cotton, which see ; in cultivation 

 hardly separable from G. mexicanum, 

 227 ; British colonists associated with, 

 247, 324 ; two great forms of the culti- 

 vated G. hirsutum. See also under 

 Green-seeded cotton, Uplands, New 

 Orleans, Georgian short staple, &c., 

 &c., 324. Var. religiosa, Watt, 

 201-204 : diagnostic characters, 164, 

 201 



GOSSYPIUM KIEKII, M. Mast., 316-8 ; 

 description of, 316 ; compared with 

 G. brasiliense, 44, 317-8; the only 

 absolutely naked-seeded cotton, 246, 

 320 ; future influence of, 246 



GOSSYPIUM KLOTZSCHIANUM, 

 Andss., 61, 66-7 



GOSSYPIUM LANCEOLATUM, Tod., 

 210; description of, 164, 205, 209, 

 210 



GOSSYPIUM MEXICANUM, Tod., 226- 

 244 ; aZso App. C, p. 382 ; diagnostic 

 characters of, 165, 226 ; MS. drawings 

 in B. M., 229 ; habitat and distribution 

 of, 226-7, 324 ; no record of wild or 

 feral states, 229, 230 ; hybrids, 167, 

 229, 230-9; Uplands in W. Indies, 

 239 ; in Eussia, 239-41 ; weevil-resist- 

 ing, 241-44 ; two great types, origin 

 and description of, 167 ; and G. pur- 

 purascens, similarity of, 226, 227, 

 241 ; possible origin of, 230, 326 ; 

 differs from Sea Island, 281. See 

 also Uplands, Georgian and Mexican, 

 &c 



GOSSYPIUM MICEOCAEPUM, Tod., 

 210-13 ; also App. C, p. 382 ; descrip- 

 tion, 164, 210 ; origin of, 166-7, 326 ; 

 wild condition of, 206 ; cultivation of, 

 213; seeds of, 217; large calyx of, 

 244 ; confusion with, 315 



GOSSYPIUM MUSTELINUM, Miers, 

 167-8 ; description of, 163, 214 



GOSSYPIUM NANKING, Meyen, 114- 

 139 ; also App. C, p. 382 ; diagnostic 

 characteristics of, 78, 115, 121, 142 ; 

 types and plates of, 119 ; habitat and 

 distribution of (wild state not re- 

 corded), 81, 116, 122, 323; cultiva- 

 tion by Eohr, 101 ; Linnean mistake, 

 119 ; cultivated in India, five forms, 

 122, 124 ; in Japan three forms, 123 ; 

 in Trans-Caucasia, 124, 240 ; in Africa, 

 155; mistaken for Garo Hill, 124; 

 naming of varieties and races, 130 ; 

 stocks and hybrids of, 138-9 ; soils 

 suited to, 147 ; mountain-loving spe- 

 cies, 323; Var. Bani, Watt, 131-4; 

 Var. Mmalayana, Watt, 124-26 ; Var. 

 Nadam, Watt, 128-31; Var. rubi- 

 cunda, Watt, 91, 121, 126-8, 141; 

 Var. Eoji, Watt, 134-7 ; Var. soudan- 

 ensis, Watt, 79, 123, 138-9 



GOSSYPIUM OBTUSIFOLIUM,Eox6., 

 139-53, also App. C, p. 382 ; diagnostic 

 characteristics, 79, 139-40, 141-2; 

 wild forms of, 140, 142-3; oldest 

 specimens of, 145; Deccan and Lin- 

 nean, 143 ; habitat and geographical 

 position of, 80, 140, 143, 147, 323; 

 early knowledge of, 80 ; soils (black 

 cotton) for, 147 ; perennial and annual 

 plants, 80 ; BurkilPs types confused 

 with rubicunda, 117, 127, 141, 142 ; 

 Indian cultivation and special forms 

 of, 147, 153 ; in Africa, 155 ; hybrids 

 of, 146, 151-3, 318 ; Gammie's view 

 of this species, 332. Var. africana, 

 Watt, 153-54 ; African cottons, 155 ; 

 bractlets seen in one specimen, 242 ; 

 from Senegal, 178. Var. Wightiana, 

 Watt, 143-53 ; opinions of botanists, 

 145 ; hybrid stocks, 146, 151-3 ; In- 

 dian pure races of, 149-51 



GOSSYPIUM PALMEEII, Watt, 204- 

 206 ; description of 164, 319 



GOSSYPIUM PEEUVIANUM, Cav., 

 213-226, also App. C, p. 382 ; origin 

 of races and hybrids, 166-7, 219-20, 

 276, 326 ; habitat and distribution, 

 214 ; description of, 165, 214 ; vern. 

 and trade names, 45, 214-5, 220-4 ; 

 affinities to, 217 ; cultivation in C. 

 and S. America, 217-9 ; in Egypt, 

 219-24; in W. Indies, 224-5; in 

 India, 225-6; in Africa, 179, 214; 

 difficulty in separating from G. viti- 

 folium, 256, 262, also from G. micro- 

 carpum, 210-11, 214 ; of Cavanilles, 

 213, 214, 261. See Peru and Peruvian 

 cotton 



GOSSYPIUM PUNCTATUM, Sch. et 

 Than., 168-82, aZso App. C, p. 382 ; 

 former name for, 44 ; origin of, 165 ; 

 diagnostic characters, 163-4, 169-70 ; 

 vern. and trade names for, 46, 169, 



