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GOSSYPIUM MICROCARPUM Tod. Hort. Bot. Pan. 1 (1876) 63, t. U; 

 Watt Cotton PL (1907) 210, t. 36. 

 Gossypium herbaceum Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. Manila (1892) 28, non 

 Linn. 

 Sulu Archipelago (Siasi), (Vidal 2183). The identification is after 

 Watt 1. c. ; . certainly introduced. Tropical America and Africa. 



GOSSYPIUM NANKING Meyen Reise 2 (1836) 326; Watt Cotton PL 

 (1907) 114, t. 15. 

 Gossypium herbaceum Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 112; Merr. 

 in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 37, non Linn. 



Mindoro, Culion, Leyte, Cebu, Negros, Mindanao (Misamis, Davao), 

 Merrill 562, Copeland, F. B. 9873 Merritt. Planted here and there in clear- 

 ings, occasionally subspontaneous, certainly introduced. Japan to Ma- 

 laya, India, and Africa, usually cultivated. 



Local names: Bulak-kahoi (Tag.); gapas (C. Bis.); bulak (Tag.); ka- 

 daba (Bis.); kandaba (Bis.); kapes (Bon.). 



GOSSYPIUM OBTUSI FOLIUM Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 183; Watt 

 Cotton PL (1907) 139, t. 19, 20. 

 Ticao, Negros, Cebu, Mindanao (Misamis), Piper 3, 130, Eskridge. In 

 caingins, etc., occasionally planted; certainly introduced. India to Africa 

 and Malaya. 



GOSSYPIUM PAN ICU LATUM Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 539, ed. 2 (1845) 

 378, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 331; C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) 

 Bot. 343; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 256. 

 Gossypium barbadense F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) # 25, non Linn. 



Luzon (Abra, Amburayan, Bontoc, Ilocos Sur), B. S. 7197 Ramos, 

 Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 980, Vanoverbergh 3659, Weaver. Cultivated fairly 

 extensively in the Ilocano provinces; apparently distinct as the various 

 species are interpreted by Watt. Endemic ? 



Local names: Kapas (Ting., Ilk.); kastil (Bon.). 



GOSSYPIUM PUNCTATUM Sch. & Thon. Beskr. Guin. PL (1827) 309; 



Watt Cotton PL (1907) 168, t. 27, 28; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae 



(1918) '256. 



Gossypium herbaceum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 534, ed. 2 (1845) 



374, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 329; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 25, non Linn. 



Luzon (Batangas), Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 761; the commonly cultivated 

 cotton in Batangas. Widely cultivated in both hemispheres, perhaps de- 

 rived from G. hirsutum Linn. 



GOSSYPIUM TAITENSE Pari. Sp. Cot. (1866) 39, t. 6, f. A; Watt Cotton 

 PL (1907) 248, t. US. 

 Basilan, Sulu Archipelago, B. S. 16342 Reillo, (Vidal 2185). Near 

 houses or settlements, certainly introduced. Mascarene Islands, Malaya, 

 and Polynesia. 



EXCLUDED GENERA 



Althaea rosea Cav. Diss. 2 (1785) 91, t. 29, f. 3; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 

 (1845) 386, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 345; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 

 27 (1905) 23, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 252. 

 Althaea sinensis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 552, non Cav. 



