16 SYLVA TELLUR. 



4. perenney like last but perennial stem, Italy, 

 Sicily, Spain, Persia, &c. 



45. Gossypium (Karpas) guyanense Raf. 

 10, 11 R. B. sem. ovata scabra nigra, 7-H 

 coalitis in loculis, byssus elongatus — small tree 



8 to 12 feet high, producing two crops yearly 

 and each tree 12 to 24 ounces of finest cotton, 

 one of the long staples, native of Guyana and 

 Brazil, 2 var. 1. verutn, Surinam Cotton, seeds 



9 to 11 in each cell forming a narrow pyramid, 

 2 braziliensis, Brazil Cotton, seeds 7 to 9 form- 

 ing a broad pyramid. 



46. Gossypium (Leiophaium) canvexum 

 Raf. 12 R. B. Foliis convexis, sem. levis fusca- 

 ta venosa, postice apice barbata, angulo antice 

 ad apice longior, byssus laxns — ^in S. iWarta, 8 

 feet high, gives two yearly crops of ^ne snowy 

 cotton easily plucked, 



47. Gossypium (Leiof ) tenax Raf, 14 R. 

 B. sem. levis fuscata venosa, apice coronata 

 penicellata, angulo uncinato,byssus tenax — An- 

 tilles, 10 to 12 feet high, producing 4 ounces of 

 fine long cotton, but very difficult to pluck. 



48. Gossypium (Leiof ,) fuscum Raf 13 R. 

 P. sem. levis fuscata venosa, apice postice vil- 

 losa, angulo uncinato, ad apex brevior, byssus 

 fuscatus — tree 12 to 15 feet high,native of Asia, 

 cotton dirty redish brown difficult to pick. 



49. Gossypium (Leiof.) pallens Raf 1 6 R. 

 B. sem. levis fuse, venosa, apice tomentosa, an- 

 gulo uncinato, byssus rubescens — from Asia also, 

 6 fact high, cotton paler than last, redish, 3 

 ounces. 



50. Gossypium> (Leiof.) asiaticum Raf. 19 

 R. B. sem. brevis vix ovata levis fuse, venosa, 

 apice barbata villosa, byssus albus — Asiatic, 

 akin to last, same size, leaves, glands, flowers, 



