260 ON SEEDLINGS 



Gossypium tomentosum, Nutt. 



Hypocotyl woody, and closely punctate, with small, black, 

 elevated glands 8-5 cm. long, otherwise as in G. barbadense. 



Cotyledons 2-4 cm. long, 8-4 cm. broad, transversely suboval, 

 subcuneate at the base, rather sinuous and almost truncate at the 

 upper edge, palmately five- to seven-nerved, pale green above, gla- 

 brous, but closely punctate like the hypocotyl ; petiole subterete, 

 slightly channelled above, dilated at the base of the lamina, similarly 

 glandular, 1/5 cm. long. 



Stem becoming somewhat woody, erect, terete, pubescent and 

 covered with black dots and glands like the hypocotyl ; 1st inter- 

 node 1 cm., 2nd 9 mm. long. 



Leaves. No. 1. Kotund- cordate, cuspidate, obtuse, subpal- 

 mately five-nerved, glabrous, entire, pubescent at the margin, pale 

 green and covered with small protuberances above, paler beneath 

 and covered with black dots ; petiole terete, pubescent, tapering 

 upwards, covered with small black glands like the stem ; stipules 

 subulate, acute, pubescent, deciduous. 



No. 2. Similar to the last. 



Adansonia Gregorii, F. Muell. 



Hypocotyl short, stout, soon becoming woody. 



Cotyledons rather persistent, large, foliaceous, broadly oblong, 

 obtuse, entire, strongly seven-nerved from the base and reticulate, 

 concave from the greater growth of the middle portion, petiolate, 

 glabrous, or sparingly ciliated on the petiole ; lamina 8'5-3-8 cm. 

 long, 2-2-5 cm. wide ; petiole very stout, slightly channelled above, 

 8-9 mm. long. 



Stem erect, terete, soon becoming woody, green, glabrous ; 1st 

 internode 3-5 mm. long ; 2nd 4 mm. ; 3rd 1-8-2 cm. ; 4th 2'2- 

 2-4 cm. ; 5th longer. 



Leaves compound, digitate (1st to 3rd simple), cauline, alternate, 

 stipulate, petiolate, glabrous ; stipules subulate, acute, soon becoming 

 brown, deciduous; petioles subterete, slightly flattened above, 

 especially at the base ; venation of the leaves ascending, incurved, 

 anastomosing. 



No. 1. Oblong, lanceolate, acute, very small and soon withering 

 away, entire. 



No. 2. Larger, oblanceolate. 



No. 3. Large, palmately tripartite, with a strong rib running 

 into each segment ; segments oblong-lanceolate, acute, serrate above 

 the middle. 



