no8 MONADELPHIA. POLY AND. 1330. Goflypium. 



mukifida. Leaves with a Tingle gland underneath, hairy, 5-lobed; the 

 lobes oblong, pointed, cut- toothed. 

 Mauritius. Ca-van. difs. /.184./: 2, Plant hairy. 

 procumbent* Leaves oblong, fmuate, ferrate; (tern procumbent. 



China. Stem creeping: leaves undivided, ferrate. 

 viminea. Leaves with a fingle gland underneath, fomewhat rhombic, 

 toothed. 

 Brafil. Ca<van. difs. 6. /. \%\.f,\. 

 Uppermojl-lea<ves lanceolate : outer-calyx larger. 



1330. GOSSYPIUM. Calyx double; the outer- 

 moft3-c!eft: capjule 3 or 4- celled: feeds wrap- 

 ped in cotton. Cotton, 

 herbaceum. Leaves 5-lobed, mucronate, with a fingle gland underneath: 

 ftem herbaceous, fmooth. 

 Eaft Indies. Ca-van. difs. t.\6$.f. 2. Blachnu. t, 3^4. 

 Herb pubefcent : Hem fpotted with black at top : leaves downy : 

 peduncles branched, fhorter than the petioles : cuter-calyx 3- 

 paned, with hearr-fhaped cut fegmenta, dotted with biack : 

 corol i-petalled, with a (hurt tube, 5-parted; the fegments 

 p^le yellow with 5 red (pots at bottom; capjule 3-valved, 3- 

 celled. 

 The wool of the feeds is the Cotton ufed in making cloth. 

 hidhum. Leaves 3 or 5-lobed, obtufe, without glands underneath : 

 item herbaceous, rough-haired. 

 Eait Indies. Cav. difs. /.169. Rumpb. amb. 4. /.12. 

 micranthum Leaves 5-lobed, obtufe, with a fingle gland underneath: 

 outer-calyx many-cleft and longer than the rlovver: 

 item glabrous, dotted. 

 Perfia. Ca-van. difs. 1. 193. Leaves glabrous, 

 arboreum. Leaves in 5 palmate lobes ; the lobes lanceolate, obtufe, 

 mucronate : ftem fhrubby. 

 India. Ca<van. difs. /. 1 93. Rbeed. Mai, 1 , /. 31. 

 vitifolium, Lower-leaves in 5 palmate lobes; upper-ones 3-lobed, all 

 with a fingle gland underneath; the lobes pointed: 

 ftem dotted. 

 Eaft Indies. Ca<van. difs* t. 166. Merian. Surin, /. 10. 

 hinutum. Upper-leaves undivided and heart-fhaped, lower-ones 3- 

 lobed: branchlets and petioles hairy : feeds green, ad- 

 hering. 

 America. Ca<van. difs. /.167. Hort, Rom. I. /. 55. 

 rcligiosum> Upper-leaves 3-iobed, lower-ones 5-lobcd : branchlets and 

 petioles dotted with black ; outer-calyx about 3- 

 leaved : feeds black, inverted with pale faffron cotton, 

 adhering. 





