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sc abra nuda Shrub 9 feet high, worthless pro- 

 ducing hardly any cotton, Antilles. 



40. Gossypium (Karpas) niveum Raf. sp. 2 

 R. B. sem. apex subfibrosis ad utrinquelatere 

 Cotton very white, of Antilles, not productive. 



41. Gossypium (Karpas) virens Raf. sp. 3 

 R. B. sem, villis viridis coronata et maculata, 

 apex brevis small Shrub, but fine cotton, pro- 

 duce 2 ounces. Martinico &c. 



42. Gossypium (Karpas) decurrens Raf. sp. 

 4, 5, 9 R. B. sem, ovata scabra, corona tomen- 

 tosa ad angulo decurrens sorrel cotton, 4 va- 

 rieties 1. viridis producing only 4 ounces of 

 cotton, 2 rubrum, with stem, petiols, nerves and 

 calix red, valuable, producing 7J ounces of fine 

 clean cotton on each Shrub 5 feet high. 3floco- 

 sum, seeds with flocose spots, shrub 6 feet high, 

 producing 4 ounces of cotton. 4 paiulum, like 

 last, but loftier, much spreading, producing one 

 pound of cotton. 



43. Gossypium (Karpas) macrospermum 

 Raf. sp. 6 R. B. sem. obionga scabra longe acu- 

 minata, corona tomentosa vix decurrens 

 Shrub 7 feet high, produce 3 ounces. Antilles. 



44. Gossypium (Karpas) herbaccum L. sp. 

 7, 8 R. B. sem. ovata scabra nigra, angulo un- 

 cinato barbato this is the common cotton na- 

 tive of Asia, the black seed C, of North Amer. 

 akin to the green seed C. or G. hirsutum not 

 mentioned by Rohr: several varieties 1. barba- 

 tum, end of seed smooth, perennial, 6 feet high, 

 producing 5 ounces of cotton. 2. megacarpum, 

 end of seeds hairy crowned, large capsules, an- 

 nual, very fine cotton. 3 vulgaris, end of seeds 

 hairy crowned, smaller capsules, annual, 3 or 4 

 feet high, producing 7 ounces of coarser cotton* 



