Gossypium.] xxvi. MALVACEAE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 347 



VAR. 1. obtusifolium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 183 (sp.) ; shrubby, much branched, leaves 

 3-5-lobed, lobes ovate entire, stipules falcate, bracteoles nearly entire, Wall. Cat. 1880, 

 in part. China cotton, JRoxb. I.e. 185 ? This is the form found in Ava by Griffith, 

 Journals, p. 147. 



VAR. 2. hirsutum, L. (sp.) ; hairy or hispid, foliage of G. herbaceum, but leaf- lobes 

 usually less rounded and more elongate, bracteoles deeply gashed as in G. barbadense, 

 petals yellow without a crimson spot, cotton white with underlying greenish or grey down. 

 G. hirsutum, L. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 187 ; DC. Prodr. i. 456'; Wall. Cat. 1880, impart ; 

 Roi/le III. 1, p. 100 ; Parlatore Sp. Cot. 42, tab. 5. Yields Upland Georgian Cotton. 



VAR. 3. religiosum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 185 (sp.) ; leaves hairy or subglabrous, with, 

 five triangular acute lobes, stipules cordate acuminate, bracteoles deeply laciniate, 

 petals entirely yellow, seeds covered with firmly adherent short tawny down and long 

 wool of the same colour. G. religiosum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 185 ; Cav. Diss. t. 164, f. 1 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1885, M; ? of Linnaeus and others. Yields Nankeen Cotton. 



VAR. vitifolium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 186 (sp.), not of others ; sub-arboreous, 

 dark purple and hairy, leaves 3-5-lobed, lobes triangular acuminate, capsules oblong, 

 seeds clothed with firmly adhering short greenish-grey down under the long fine white 

 w<!ol. I have not been able to identify this variety, but it is evidently a form of G. 

 herbaceum. The G. vitifolium of Roxburgh's drawings is a different plant. 



G. BARBADENSE, Linn.; DC. Prodr. i. 456; herbaceous or shrubby, 

 leaves nearly glabrous cordate 3-5-lobed lobes oblong acuminate, bracteoles 

 very large deeply gashed, petals convolute, yellow with a crimson spot, 

 capsule oval acuminate, seeds black, free or coherent, covered with readily 

 separable white or brownish cotton. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 187 ; Wight III. 

 t. 28 A and B. G. nigrum (in part), W. & A. Prodr. i. 54 ; Wall. Cat. 

 1875, D, E, G, H ; Boyle III. p. 100, Cull, of Cotton, t. 3 ; Parlatore Sp. Cot. 

 49, t. iii. ; Mast, in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 210. 



Cultivated ; yields the American varieties known as Barbadoes, Bourbon, Sea-island, 

 New Orleans, &c., Cottons. 



A shrub or tall herb, herbaceous portions glabrescent, sprinkled with black dots, 

 branches purplish. Leaves 1 -glandular, deeply 3-5-lobed, lobes tapering, acuminate. 

 Stipules linear-lanceolate. Peduncle thick, often glandular at the apex. Ovary ovoid, 

 pitted, 3-5-celied. 



VAK. dcuminatum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 51 ; FL Ind. iii. 186 (sp.) ; sub- arboreous, 

 leaves 3-5-lobed, lobes oblong-lanceolate acuminate, flowers yellow with a crimson spot, 

 petals spreading, seeds black covered with easily separable white wool and adhering 

 firmly to each other. Wight III. t. 27 ; Boyle III i. p. 98 ; Cult. Cott. t. 3, f. 5. G. 

 peruvianum, Cav.; DO. Prodr. i. 456. G. vitifolium, Lam. Encyl. ii. 135; Roxb. lc. 

 ined. not of Fl. Ind.; Cav. Diss t. 166; Wall. Cat. 1875, F. G. religiosum, Parla- 

 tore Sp. di Cott. 55, t. 4 (not of authors}. Yields the varieties known as Peruvian, 

 Brazilian, Kidney Cotton, &c. The plant is usually larger in foliage, flower, and cap- 

 sule than the other varieties. 



G. ARBORKUM, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 456 ; arborescent or shrubby, leaves 

 nearly glabrous, deeply palmately 5-7-lobed lobes linear-oblong, flowers 

 purple rarely white, bracteoles nearly entire, cotton not readily separable 

 from the seed. Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 183 ; Wight Ic. t. 10; Royle ILL 23, f. 2 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1875 J., 1881 ; Parlatore Sp. Cot. 24, t. 1 ; Mast, in Oliv. FL 

 Trop. Afr. i. 211. G. nigrum, Ham. in W. & A. Prodr. i. 54, in part (excl. 

 syn.}. G. rubicundum, Roxb. Ic. ined. and in herb. Rheede Hort. Mai. t. 3 1 1 ? 

 Jbarm. FL Ind. 150. 



Plains of INDIA, in gardens, but not generally cultivated ; KASHMIR, Falconer. 



A shrub or low tree, rarely a herb; branches purple, pilose. Leaves 1 -glandular, 

 lobes mucronate, contracted at the base, often with a supplementary lobe iii the sinus. 

 Stipules ensiform. Bracteoles cordate, ovate, acute. Petals spreading. Stain.inal- 

 \ube antheriferous for its whole length. Capsule about 1 in., oblong-pointed. /Seeds 

 Jree, covered with white wool overlying a dense green down. 



