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low-lying coast tracts for attaining to perfection. Perennial, 

 and yielding like the rest a crop in the first season. Culti- 

 vated largely in the Southern States of North America, also 

 in South Europe, North Africa, Queensland, and various other 

 countries. M. Delchevalerie has drawn attention to a new and 

 almost branchless plant, of tall size and exceedingly prolific 

 in bearing, raised in Egypt, called Bamia Cotton, which Sir 

 Joseph Hooker regards as a variety of G. Barbadense. The 

 Bamia Cotton Bush grows 8 to 10 feet high, ripens (at 

 Galveston) fruit in four to five months, and produces 

 2,500 Ibs. cotton and seed per acre. It is remarkable for its 

 long simple branches, heavily fruited from top to bottom. 

 Its cotton is pale yellow. 



Gossypium herbaceum, Linne.* 



Scinde, Cabul, and other parts of tropical and sub-tropical 

 Asia. Much cultivated in the Mediterranean countries. Peren- 

 nial. Leaves short-lobed. Petals yellow. Seeds disconnected, 

 after removal of the cotton fibre grey- velvety. Distinguished 

 and illustrated by Parlatore as a species, regarded by Seemann 

 as a variety of G. arboreum. Staple longer than in the latter 

 kind, white opaque, not easily seceding. Even this species, 

 though supposed to be herbaceous, will attain a height of 12 

 feet. The root is a powerful emmenagogue. A variety with 

 tawny fibre furnishes the Nankin cotton. 



Gossypium hirsutum, Linne.* 



Upland or Short-staple Cotton. Tropical America, cultivated 

 most extensively in the United States, Southern European 

 and many other countries. Perennial. Seeds brownish green, 

 disconnected, after the removal of the cotton fibre greenish 

 velvety. Staple long, while, almost of a silky lustre, not 

 easily separable. A portion of the Queensland cotton is 

 obtained from this species. It neither requires the coast tracts 

 nor the highly attentive culture of G. Barbadense. 



Gossypium religiosum, Linne.* (G. Peruvianum, Cavan.) 



Tropical South America. Kidney Cotton, Peruvian or Brazi- 

 lian Cotton. Leaves long-lobed. Petals yellow. Seeds black, 

 connected. The cotton is of a very long staple, white, some- 

 what silky, and easily seceding from the seeds. A tawny 

 variety occurs. This is the tallest of all cotton bushes, and 

 it is probably this species which occurs in the valleys of the 

 Andes as a small tree, bearing its cotton while frosts whiten 

 the ground around. 



