ra.] XXVI. MALVACEiE. (Maxwell T.. Masters.) 347 



Vak. 1. obtudfolium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 183 (sp.) ; strubbv, much branoted, leaves 

 3-5-lobed, lobes ovate entire, stipules falcate, braoteoles nearly entire, Wall. Cat. 1880, 

 in part, China cotton, Hoxb. I.e. 185 ? — This is the fojrm found in Ava by Griffith, 

 Journals, p. 147. 



Vab. 2. hirsutum, L. (sp.) ; hairy or hispid, foliage of G. herbaceum, but leaf- lobes 

 usually less rounded and more elongate, braoteoles deeply gashed as in G. harbadense, 

 petals yellow wi thout a orimBon spot, cotton white with underlying greenish or grey down, 

 tr. hirsutum, L. ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 187 ; DO. Proch:i.i56 ; Wall. Cat. 1880, in part;. 

 Boyle III. 1, 1). 100 ; Parlatore Sp. Got. 42, tab. 5.— Tields Upland Georfi;ian Cotton. 



Vae. 3. religiosum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 185 (sp.) ; leaves hairy or subglabr()uSj with 

 five triangular acute lobes, stipules cordate acuminate, braoteoles deeply laciniate, 

 petals entirely yellow, seeds covered with firmly adherent short tawny down and long 

 wool of the same colour. G. religiosum, Boxb.Fl. Ind. iii. 185 ; Cav. Diss. t. 164, f. 1 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1885, M; ? of Linnaeus and others. — Yields Nankeen Cotton. 



Var. vitifolium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 186 (sp.), not of others ; sub-arboreons, 

 dark purple and hairy, leaves 3-54obed, lobes triangular acuminate, capsules oblong, 

 seeds clothed with firmly adhering short greenish-grey down under the long fiile white 

 wnol. — I have not been able to identify this variety, but it is evidently a form of G. 

 kerhacev/m. The G. vitifolium of Roxburgh's drawings is a different plant. 



G. BAEBADENSE, Linn.; DG. Prodr. i. 456; herbaceous or shrabby, 

 leaves nearly glabrous cordate 3-S-lobed lobes oblong acuminate, bracteoles 

 Ttery large deeply gashed, petals convolute, yellow with a crimson spot, 

 capsule oval acuminate, seeds black, free or coherent, covered with readily 

 separable white or brownish cotton. Eoxh. Ft. Ind. iii. 187 ; WigM III. 

 t. 28 A and B. G. nigrum (to part), W. & A. Trodr. i. 54 ; WcM. Gat. 

 1875, D, E, G, H : Rayle Rl. p. 100, Gult. of Gottm, t. 3 ; Parlatore Sp. Got. 

 49, t. iii. ; Mast, m Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 210. 



Cultivated ; yields the American varieties known as Barbadoes, Bourbon, Sea-island, 

 New Orleans, &o. , Cottons. 



' A shrub or' tall herb, herbaceous portions glabrescent, sprinkled with black dots, 

 branches purplish. Leaves 1 -glandular, deeply 3-.5-lobed, lobes tapering, acuminate. 

 Stipules linear-lanceolate. Pedunde thick, often glandular at the apex. Ovary ovoid, 

 pitted, 3-5-celled. 



Vae. acuminatum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 51 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 186 (sp.) ; sub- arboreous, 

 leaves 3-5-lobed, lobes oblong-lanceolate acuminate, flowers yellow with a crimson spot, 

 petals spreading, seeds black covered with easily separable white wool and adhering 

 firmly to each other. Wight 111. t. 27 ; Royle III. i. p. 98 ; Cult. Cott. t. 3, f. 5. G. 

 peruvianum, Cav.; DC. Prodr. i. i56. G. vitifolium, Lam. Eneyl. ii. 135; Boxb. Ic. 

 ined. not of Fl. Ind. ; Cav. Diss t. 166 ; Wall. Cat. 1875, F. G. religiosum, Parla^ 

 tore Sp. di Cotb. 55, t. 4 {not of authors). — Yields the varieties known -as Peruvian, 

 Brazilian, Kidney Cotton, &o. The plant is usually larger in foliage, flower, and cap- 

 sule than the other varieties, 



G. AKB0KET7M, L. / BO. Prodr. i. 456 ; arborescent or shrubby, leaves 

 nearly glabrous, deeply palmately 5-7-lobed lobes linear-oblong, flowers 

 purple rarely white, bracteoles nearly entire, cotton not readily separable 

 from the seed. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 183 ; Wight Ic. t. 10 ; Royle III. 23, t 2 ; 

 WaU. Gat. 1875 J., 1881 ; Parlatore Sp. Got. 24, t. 1 ; Mast, in Ohv. Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. i. 211. G. nigrum, Ham. in W. & A. Prodr. i. 54, in part {excl. 

 syn.). G. rubicundum, Roxb. Ic. ined. and in herb.—Mheede Hort. Mai. t. 31 ? 

 Burm. Fl- Ind. 160. • 



Plains of ,India,i in gardens, but not generally cultivated ; Kashmir, Falconer. 



A shrub or low tree, rarely a herb; branches purple, pilose, i/eouesl -glandular, 

 lobes mucronate, contracted at the base, often with a supplementary lobe in the sinus. 

 Stipules ensiform. Bracteoles cordate, ovate, acute. Petals spreading. Staminal- 

 \uhe antheriferous for its whole length. Capsule about 1 in., oblong-pointed. Seeds 

 .ree, covered with white wool overlying a dense green down. 



