402 



WILD AND CULTIVATED COTTONS 



Q. brasiliense, 345-6 ; buttressed con- 

 dition of, 345 ; of Cienfuegosia, 345 ; 

 of G. hirsutum, 345, 346; of G. 

 Kirkii, 345 ; of G. obtusifolium, 

 345-6; of O. Palmerii, 345; of Q. 

 peruvianum, 345-6 ; opaque trapezoid 

 wart oondition of, 345 ; palisade con- 

 dition of, 345 ; in Uplands, 345, 346 ; 

 of Pavonia, 345 ; of Thurberia, 345 ; 

 different in same anther, 346 ; in 

 Gammie's Poona hybrid, 346; in 

 Gossypia not generic, 346; of Hibisceae, 

 346; of Malvese and Malva, 346, 

 348, 349, 350; of TTreneae, 346; 

 Slater's opinion regarding absence of 

 detached spines, 345; spores of Go- 

 ghari x Varadi, 346 ; an aid in sepa- 

 rating species, 347 ; further inves- 

 tigation recommended, 347 ; of 

 Schacht's G. religiosum, 348; W. 

 Smith's opinion of, 349 ; of the sweet 

 pea, 349 ; of the rowan, 350 ; of the 

 tamarisk, 350 ; of the black currant, 

 350. See App. B under Crepin, 

 Edgeworth, Lindau, Sachs, Schacht, 

 Strasburger, and Ward 



Pollination : see Hybridisation 



' Pollards Eose Cotton,' from Barbados, 

 299 



' Pollock,' trade name, 193 



Polynesian wild cotton, 247-8, 244, 



249, 251, 255; Tonga Islands, 228, 

 298; Savage Island, 298, See also 

 Fiji, Hawaii, Malay, Tahiti, &o. 



Porto Rico, cotton of, 210, 211, 213, 



250, 251-2, 253, 254, 263, 268, 299, 

 335. See West Indies (Spanish) 



Prices of cotton ; see Fibre 



' Procumbent Cotton of Guiana,' 241 



Production : see Cultivation 



Prolific Medium Boll Series : see Staple 



Providence Island, Cotton of, 300 



Pruned : see Eatooned Cotton 



Pulling cotton : see Fibre 



Purry, Peter : see Carolina 



Quebradinho cotton : see Brazil 

 Quilting and upholstery cottons, 10, 17, 



303 

 Qutn or katan, 10, 12, 59 



Rabbit-tail cotton, 299 



Rabinal cotton, 244. See Martinique 



Racemose cotton, origin of, 253 ; cf. 



with Porto Rico under West Indies 

 Races : see Hybrids ; racial tendencies, 



87 



Radya, 95 

 Rajputana and Central India, cotton of, 



298, 314 



Ram-kapas, Indian vern. names for 



tree cotton, 82, 202 

 Rangoon : see Burma 

 Rasteiro (dwarf) cotton of Brazil, 241, 



309 

 Ratooned and pruned cottons, 94, 259, 



286, 309, 322 

 Recessive forms and reversion, 2, 28, 



33, 88, 102, 111, 121, 194, 208-9, 230, 



234, 246, 326, 332, 341, 350-1; 



' Hindi Weed,' a hybrid of Moqui, 



182 ; splitting forms, 153 ; ' natural ' 



and ' seminal ' sports, 233, 341 

 Records, value of early, 302 

 ' Red,' .trade name, 45 

 Rekkam, vern. syn. for Uppam, which 



see 

 Religious cotton of Hindus : see Sacred 



Cotton 



Rendle, Dr. A. B., 260 

 Reporter on Economic Products: see 



App. A, under R. E. P. 

 Reversion : see Recessive Forms 

 Rimo, West African vern. name, 177 

 Ring, Indian garments drawn through, 



13 



Rmon : see Kidney Cotton 

 Rio Grande cotton of Peterkin type, 45, 



238 



Rio de Janeiro : see Brazil 

 Riqueza cotton in Brazil, 183, 296, 309, 



See G. hirsutum 

 Robertson, correspondent of Roxburgh 



(1800), 314 



Rodriguez : see Mascarene 

 Roji cotton, 134-7, 84, 123, 125, 132, 



138, 152 ; early allusion to in India, 



11 ; of Gujarat, 130, 135-6 ; hybridis- 

 ing of, 137 ; degeneration of, 137 ; 



cultivation of, 137 

 Roman cotton, 201 : see G. hirsutum, 



var. religiosa 



' Ronoaks,' trade name, 45 

 ' Rough ' and Red Peruvian : see Floss 

 Rudolf, Lake : see East Africa, British. 

 ' Rum and Sugar Cotton,' of Martinique, 



263 

 Rusby, Prof. H. H. (1894), 192. See 



also App. A under Britton & Rusby 

 1 Russell,' trade name, &c., 236, 238 

 Russia (Asiatic), three distinct cottons 



grown in, 239-40 ; introduction of 



American cottons into, 239, 240, 241 ; 



increased production in, 240 



Sacred or religious cotton of India, 41, 



201-4, 320 

 Sadhds (Hindu religious mendicants), 



202 



Saharanpur : see Agra 

 Sainte-Croix (Danish Antilles), cotton 



of, 109, 120, 189 ; cottons in 1787 of, 



