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Hibiscus vitifolius, Linn. ; PL Trop. Afr. I. p. 197. 

 A,— Rheede, Hort. Mai. vi. t, 46. 



Vernac. name. — Ofo-odon (Yoruba, Millson). 



Yoruba ; Abeokuta ; Jebba, and throughout Tropical Africa. 

 Found also in India and Australia. 



The bark affords a strong silvery fibre (Diet. Econ. Prod. Ind.). 

 The plant, however, does not appear to be of any special value, 

 but it may be worth recording as a handsome decorative plant, 

 deserving more attention, for horticultural purposes. 



The cultivation would probably present no difficulty. It 

 grows on the roadsides, and in abandoned yam farms. Kurz 

 describes it as common in India, along the borders of fields, in 

 shrubberies, waste places around villages, &c. and in dry forests. 



GOSSYPIUM, Linn. 

 Gossypium arboreum, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 211. 



III.— Cav. Diss. t. 165 ; Royle, 111. Him. Bot. t. 23, f. 2 ; Wight, 

 Ic. PL Ind. or. i. t. 10 ; Todaro, Relaz. Cult. Cot. t. 1 A ; Watt, 

 Cotton PL tt. 7, 8. 



Tree Cotton (India and Africa). 



According to Watt there are many cultivated states of this 

 species found all over India and Africa. The seeds have a greenish- 

 grey fuzz, white silky floss, approaching khaki colour in wild 

 plants. 



Var. negleeta, Watt, Cotton PL (1907) p. 95. 



///. — Rheede, Hort. Mai. i. t. 31 (Alcea malabarensis) ; Hill, 

 Veg. Syst, xv. t. 19, f. 4 (((r. liirsutum) ; Roxb. PL Corom. iii. 

 t. 269 {G. herbaceum) ; Royle, 111. Him. Bot. t, 23, f. 1, Cotton 

 Ind. tt, 2. 3, f. 1 {G. indicum) ; Pari. Sp. Cot, t, 1 ; Duthie, Field 

 Crops, t. 18 (G. herbaceum) ; Engl. & Prantl. Pflan. iii. pt. 6, f. 25 

 (G. aboreum) ; Watt, Cotton PL tt. 10, 11, 12. 



Cultivated in India, and Burma ; distributed by cultivation to 

 Africa, West Indies, &c. 



The seeds are small, beaked, with a brownish or greenish fuzz 

 and a large quantity of coarse, harsh, woolly and very short 

 staple. 



Var. sanguinea, Watt, Cotton PL (1907) p. 91. 



III. — Jacq. Eclogae PL Rar. ii. t. 134 (G. puniceum) ; Todaro , 

 Relaz. Cult. Cot. t. 1 ; Watt, Cotton PL t. 9. 

 Vernac. name, — Akese (Abeokuta, Irving). 



Abeokuta (Irving, Herb. Kew) ; Lagos (Rowland, Herb. Kew) ; 

 Niger (Baikie, Barter, Herb. Kew). 



Seeds with grey or slightly greenish fuzz ; staple long and of 

 good quality. 



Grossypium barbadense, Linn. ; FL Trop. Afr. I. p. 210. 



Ill— Desc. Ant. iv. t. 278 ; Wight, Illust. t. 28 B ; Royle, Cotton 

 Ind. t. 3, f. 3 ; Pari. Sp. Cot. t. 3 ; Mart. Fl. Bras. xii. pt. 3, t, 114 ; 

 Engl. & Prantl. Pflan. iii. pt. 6, f. 24 (after Pari. 1. c.) ; Bentl. & 

 Trimen, Med. PL t. 37 ; Watt, Cotton PL t. 46. 



