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Fig. 60 shows American cotton seeds with the fibres attached, known 

 in this state as Seed Cotton. Close to the seed is a short downy coating 



Fig. 57. Unusually large cotton capsules. 



Fig. 53. Section of a cotton seed-pod. 



Fig. 59. Fibres from an immature cotton 

 seed capsule. 



of hairs in addition to the general bulk of fibres. The fibres of American 

 cottons are easily detached from the seeds during the process of ginning, 

 i.e., removing the fibres from the seeds. For these American samples I 



