MALVACEAE. 73 



first mentioned Author,* "has many seeds conglomerated; the 

 other, its seeds separated." 



2. Gossypium purpurascens. Purple-stemmed Cot- 

 ton. 



Subglabrous, leaves 3-lobed glabrous above pubes- 

 cent and uniglandulose beneath, leaflets of the invo- 

 lucellum cordate laciniated, capsule 3-celled, seeds 

 distinct ovate acute. 



Poir.suppl. II. 369. 



'HAB. Liguanea. 



FL. March November. 



A shrub 610 feet in height: branches purpurascent, nigro- 

 papillose to\vards the extremity, glabrous. Leaves 3-lobed, 

 with the lobes ovato-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved with the mid- 

 dle nerve glandulose on the under surface near the base, glab- 

 rous above, pubescent and nigro- papillose along the nerves be- 

 neath : petiole glabrous. Stipules an inch in length, attenuato- 

 lanceolate. Peduncle axillary, usually furnished with an ovate 

 acuminate leaf. Petals of a sulphur yellow, with a deep purple 

 stain at the claw ; externally puberulous and nigro-punctulated. 

 Stigmata 3. Capsule 3-valved : seeds separate, ovate, acute, 

 black : cotton white. 



This species is described by Poiret as a native of the warmer 

 parts of America. It approaches very nearly to G. BAHBA- 

 DKNSB ; but, in the latter, the leaves are triglandulose beneath, 

 and the lower ones are 5-lobed. 



3. * Gossypium Barbadense. Barbadoes Cotton. 



Subglabrous, upper leaves 3-lobed, lower ones 5- 

 lobed, triglandulose on the under surface, capsules 

 3-celled. 



Willd. S P . III. 806. 

 HAB. ? 



FL. ? 



4. Gossypium Jama'icense. Wild Cotton. 



Villous, the upper leaves cordate entire, the lower 

 ones 3-lobed acuminate pubescentabovestellato-villous 

 and uni-glandulose beneath, leaflets of the involucel- 

 lum united at the base laciniated at the apex, capsules 

 4-celled, seeds 5 in each cell free ovate acute. 



* A Voyage to Jamaica, &c. Vol. ii. p. 68. 



