DIVISION I. 



Class 4. F. 



FIBRES. 



N. O. 30. MALVACEAE. MALLOW-WORTS. 



Gossypium indicum. Lam. sen G. herbaceum. Linn. Com- 

 mon Cotton. 



Linn. Syxt. Monadelphia Polyandria. 



The hair of the seed, Cotton. 



Vernacular. Kurpasa, Sans. Kapase, Tula, Beng. Kapas, Hind. 

 Dec. Rooi, Hind. Punffie, Paratie, Fan-paratie, Tarn. Puttie, 

 Tel. Jfapu, Ceylon. Capas, Malaya. Cay-haung, Hoa-mien, 

 China. Kobung, Mongolia. Poombeh> Pers. Kootn, Beersoon, 

 Arah. Cotn, Egynt. Bo/u/Saw, Greece. Bomaga, Ckloptscha-teja, 

 Russia. Bomby, Caucasus. Cotone, Bombagia, Italy. Algodon, 

 Spain. Algodno, Algodeiro, Portugal. Coton, France. Cotton 

 England. Ketoen, Boomwol, Holland. Kdttun, Boumwolle, Ger- 

 many. Bomold, Denmark. Bomull, Sweden. 



Habitat. India. Cultivated in China, Persia, Arabia, Syria, and 

 the Mediterranean countries, and probably also in the interior of 

 Africa, and in America. 



Remarks. Cotton is mentioned in the earliest books known. There 

 would appear to be four species, viz. : 



G. indicum, Lam. which yields Dacca, Berar, and China Cotton. 

 G. religiosum, Heyne, the source of Deo Kapas> or Nurma-rooi. 

 G. barbadense, Linn, the source of Sea Island, Uplands, New Orleans, 



Mexican, West Indian, Egyptian, and Bourbon Cotton. 

 G, peruvianum, Cav. the source of the Cotton of Peru, Pernambuco, 



Maranham, and Brazil. 



Nankeen-coloured cotton, and fuzzy, or free seeds are produced indiffer- 

 ently by the above species. As regards the American species it is 

 important to bear in mind that Cotton was found by Columbus in the West 

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