78 
Ind. III. p. 197.—W. & A. prod. 1. p. 48.—Paritium Gangeticum, 
G. Don. 
Engrav. Wight's Icon. I. t. 5. 
Srrc. Cuan. Shrubby, 3-4 feet high : leaves cordate, 3-lobed : 
lobes spreading, acuminated : upper sides slightly hairy, under to- 
mentose : peduncles axillary, 3-flowered, with small bracts at the 
base of the pedicels: involucel leaves 5-7, springing from the 
thickened apex of the pedicel: calyx truncated, with 5 small teeth » 
capsule ovoid: flowers large, sulphur, with a purple eye. 
Travancore, Concans and Western Ghauts, flowering nearly all 
the year. This species is also found in Bengal and Upper India, 
extending to the foot of the Himalayas. 
GENUS X. GOSSYPIUM. 
Monadelphia Polyandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. A name applied by Pliny to a cotton-bearing shrub 
growing ie=gypt. 
Gen. Cuan. Shrubs: calyx cup-shaped, obtusely 5-toothed: 
involucel leaves 3: segments united, cordate at the base, deeply 
cut, or irregularly toothed: style 3—5-furrowed towards the apex : 
stigmas 3-5: capsules 3-5-celled, 3-5-valved at the apex, loculi- 
cidal: seeds numerous, imbedded in cotton. . 
(1) G. atsum. (Ham.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 54. 
Syn. G. herbaceum, Linn. Dec. prod. 1. p. 456.—G. hirsu- 
tum, do.—G, tricuspidatum, Lam. 
Engrav: Rheede Mal. I. t. 31.—Wight’s Icon. t. 911.—Royle. 
Ill. p. 98. t. 23. £ 1.—Rumph. Amb. IV. +. 12. 
Spec. Cuar. Leaves 5-lobed: lobes roundish, mucronate: in- 
volucel serrated: stem smooth: flowers yellow, with purple spotted 
eye: seeds and cotton both white. 
Guzerat and the Deccan. Extensively cultivated, though pro- 
bably not indigenous to India. 
(2) G. oprusirotium. (Roxb.) 
Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. IIT. p. 183.—Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 21.— 
Royle’s Ill. p. 98. 
Srec. Cuar. Shrubby, branched, diffuse: leaves small, with 3, 
rarely 5, ovate, entire lobes: stipules falcate: exterior calyx with 
entire divisions: capsules ovate: cells 3-seeded: cotton greenish- 
grey. 
Deccan, on dry soils. ‘This species is supposed to be the parent 
of the common cultivated cotton. It is common on the limestone 
rocks of the Scinde coast, 
