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Gossypium arboreum. Tree cotton. 



Family Malvaceae. 



Local names. — Atgodon (Guam); Algodonero (Spanish); Bulak iiga Visaya 

 (Philippines). 

 A shrub or low tree with purple pilose branches and palmately lobed leaves. 

 Leaves with a nectar gland near the base of the midrib on the lower surface; lobes 

 5 to 7, linear-oblong, mucronate, contracted at the base; stipules sword-shaped; 

 flowers purple, rarely white; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, jointed; bracteoles 

 cordate, ovate, acute; sepals 5, leafy; petals 5, spreading; staminal tube as in Hibis- 

 cus, anther-bearing throughout its whole length; ovary 5-celled; style clavate, 

 5-grooved at the apex, with 5 stigmas; ovules many in each cell; capsule about 2.5 

 cm. long, oblong-pointed; seeds free, covered with white wool overlying a dense 

 green down. 



An introduced plant sometimes planted near houses, but never cultivated for its 

 cotton. 



References: 



Gossypium arboreum L. Sp. PI. 2: 693. 1753. 

 Gossypium barbadense. Sea-island cotton. 



Local names. — Atgodon (Guam); Algodon (Spanish); Bulak Pernambuco or 

 Fernambuco (Philippines); Vavai (Tahiti). 

 A shrub or tall herb, the herbaceous portions of which are nearly smooth and are 

 sprinkled with black dots, the branches purplish; leaves usually 1-glandular (see 

 illustration of gland, PL X), cordate, deeply 3 to 5-lobed; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate; bracteoles very large, deeply gashed; petals spreading, convolute, yellow, 

 with a crimson spot; capsule oval, acuminate; seeds black, covered with easily sep- 

 arable white or brownish wool. 



This introduced plant is the species which furnishes the American varieties known 

 as Bourbon, New Orleans, and Sea-island cotton. 



The natives of Guam are ignorant of spinning and weaving. They utilize cotton 

 only for stuffing pillows and cushions. In 1866 an agricultural company called "La 

 Sociedad Agricola de la Concepcion" « attempted the cultivation of cotton, together 

 with that of abaka (Musa textilis), sugar, and rice. Though these products grew 

 well, the company failed for lack of labor. 

 References : 



Gossypium barbadense L. Sp. PL 2: 693. 1753. 

 Gourd, bottle. See Lagenaria lagenaria. 

 Gourd, wax. See Benincasa cerifera. 

 Gourd-tree. See Crescentia alata. 

 Gracilaria. See Algae. 

 Graciola. See Bacopa monniera. 

 Gram, green. See Phaseolus mungo. 

 Grama. See Capriola dactylon. 

 Gramineae. See Grasses. 

 Granada. See Punica granatum. 



Granatum littoreum. Same as Xylocarpus granatum. 

 Grape. See Gardens. 



Graptophyllum hortense. Same as Graptophyllum pictum. 



Graptophyllum pictum. Caricature plant. 



Family Acanthaceae. 

 Local names. — San Francisco (Guam); Balasbas, Sarasa, Lovas (Philippines). 



« See p. 40. 



