398 



WILD AND CULTIVATED COTTONS 



Kabul : see Afghanistan 



Each, cotton of, 145 



Kadayo of Bhavnagar : see Kathiawar 



Kahnami cotton (G. obtusifolium, var. 

 Wightiana), areas and Kdhnam soils, 

 137, 146, 148-52 



Kala-kala, vern. name in Java, which 

 see 



Kanbi or kanvi, Ind. vern. name, ori- 

 ginal stock of, 148, 151-2 



Kanmiri, 152 



Kanpuri : see Khanpuri 



Kapas (the most general Ind. vern. 

 name for cotton), 95 ; kapas banda, 

 said to be Javanese name, 294. See 

 also Capos and Gapas 



Kapok, 10 



Karachi : see Sind 



Karkatown : see Liberia 



Kdrpdsd, classic Sansk. name for cotton, 

 9, 10, 12 ; karbasus, 11 ; carbasus, 

 10 ; karpason, karpasos, 9, 10, 59 



Kashgar, production and manufacture 

 of cotton in, 13 



Kashmir, cotton of, 125, 126, 288. See 

 Pan jab 



Kdtan or kutan : see Qutn 



Katel or kateli, 96-7, 98 ; katel belati 

 cotton, 112 



Kathiawar, wild and cultivated cottons, 

 98, 140, 143-52, 172; Bhavnagar, 

 183 ; Oirnar, 150 ; Gondal, 152 ; 

 Junagadh, 129, 140 ; Morvi, 152 ; 

 Palitana, 150 ; Verawal, 152 ; Wan- 

 kaner, 152 ; Dhollera (a collective 

 name for Kathiawar cottons), 151. 

 See Bombay, also Gujarat 



Kawasaki : see Japan 



Kay, discoveries by, 19 



Keasa, Kashmir vern. name, 172 



Kekchi, or Guatemala cotton, 228, 241-2 



Kelbe, tree cotton of, 13 



Kelep, protection afforded by, 241-2 



Key West : see Florida 



Kempy, or dead cotton : see Fibre 



Khaki (red or brown) cotton : see Floss 



Khandesh cotton : see Deccan, also 

 Bombay 



Khanpuri, Ind. vern. name for a recently 

 introduced cotton, 150-1, 152 



Khartoum : see Soudan 



Kherdya, Ind. vern. name, 97 



Kheri : see Agra and Oudh 



Khorasan cotton, 156, 158 



Khotan, production and manufacture of 

 cotton in, 13 



Khungi deva, Ind. vern. name, 108 



Kidney (or chain) cotton, 18, 44, 161, 

 295-315, 325; confusion in naming 

 of, 204, 215, 300-1, 310 ; description 

 of, 297 ; first brought from Brazil and 

 grown in Europe, 300 ; value of early 

 records of, 302; seeds early figured, 



306; unpopular staple of, 306; lost 



popularity of, 308 ; yield of, 308, 315. 



See also G. brasiliense 

 ; Kil (Nagpur), 108, 110-11, 112. See 



Assam, also Garo Hill Cotton 

 ' King's Improved,' origin of, Ac., 169, 



207, 209, 238 ; highly cultivated state 



of var. Jamaica, 182 

 Kinkiang : see China 

 Kokio cotton : see Hawaii 

 Kongone : see Zambesi 

 Konkho chicao, Ind. vern. name, 112 

 Kookee cotton, 98 

 Kordofan : see Soudan 

 Korea, cotton of, 123, 125 

 Kota-kota of Nyassaland, 171 

 Kouku of Central Africa, 171 

 Ktesias, 10, 12 

 Kumpta (S. Maratha), a race of Indian 



cottons : Comptah or Coompta, trade 



name, 46 ; early maturity, 140, 148, 



151, 199 



Kurdistan, cotton conveyed to, 16 

 Kurnool : see Madras 

 Kutun : see Qutn 

 Kwebe Hills : see Ngamiland 

 Kyan, Jean, successful cultivation in 



Sainte-Croix, 305 

 KYDIA, 53 



Labuan (Borneo), cotton of, 298 



Laceadive, cotton of, 252 



Lado, vern. in Senegal, 177 



Lagos and Lagos cottons, 46, 176, 180, 



298 ; Abbeokuta, 92, 215 ; Badagry, 



171 



' La Guayran,' trade name, 46 

 Laguna : see Mexico 

 LAGUNAEIA, 53 

 Lalio or lahrio, Ind. vern. names, 49, 



132 ; description of, 150-1 ; becomes 



almost Boji, 152 

 Lamu and Witu : see E. Africa 

 Lancashire atmosphere, effect on yarn, 



37 



Late maturity cottons : see Cultivation 

 ' Layton's Improved,' trade name, 234 

 Leavet (1785), early Sea Island cultiva 



tion in the Islands of Georgia, 20 

 Lecard, M. Th., experiments (1865) in 



cotton cultivation in W. Africa, 178 

 ' Lee,' trade name, 238 

 Levant and Levantine or Turkey Cotton, 



17, 18, 20, 21, 46, 81, 155-63, 264, 272. 



See Europe, Malta, Asia Minor, &c., 



also under G. herbaceum 

 ' Lewis Prize,' trade name, 234 

 Liberia (Karkatown) : see Guinea 

 Lima : see Peru 

 LINE^E, 52 

 Linon (flax), 10, 12 



