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Ikure, S. Nigeria (Holland, Herb. Kew). 



A perennial plant, but under cultivation it is usually treated as 

 an annual. The seeds have no fuzz, and the lint, which is easily 

 detached from them, is long, very fine, and silky. 



In the report of the British Cotton-Growing Association for 

 1906-07 mention is made of an indigenous variety locally known 

 as black-seeded, the cotton of which, purchased in the Benue and 

 Guara districts, has been highly approved in the Lancashire trade. 



Var. maritima, Watt, Cotton PI. (1907) p. ,275. 



III. — Todaro, Relaz. Cult. Cot. t. 7 (6r. maritimum), t. 8 (G. mari- 

 timum, var. polycarpum) ; Pari. Sp. Cot. t. 3 (G. barbadense) ; 

 Tropenpfl. 1905, p. 175 ; Watt, Cotton PI. tt, 46c, 47, 48. 



Sea Island Cotton proper of commerce ; Gallini Cotton (Egypt). 



The chief sources of supply, which do not appear equal to the 

 demand, are Georgia, Carolina, Egypt, West Indies, &c. Culti- 

 vated experimentally in Nigeria, and many other parts of Africa. 

 This variety appears to be suitable for cultivation only in regions 

 near the sea, 30 to 50 miles inland being considered approximately 

 the limit of the successful area. 



The seeds have no fuzz, and the cotton is easily detached ; the 

 staple (1J to 2 inches) is the longest, strongest and, perhaps, the 

 best in quality of all the cultivated forms of cotton. 



Gossypium brasiliense, Mac/, El. Jam. (1837) I. p. 72. 



///.— Velloso, FJ. Flum. vii. t. 49 (G. arborenm) ; Pari. Sp. Cot. 

 t. 4 ; Wight, Illust. t. 27 (G. acuminatum) ; Todaro, Relaz. Cult. 

 Cot. t. 9, t. 12, f. 35 ; Watt, Cotton PI. tt. 49, 50. 



Chain Cotton ; Kidney Cotton ; Stone Cotton ; Tree Cotton. 



Lagos (Millen, Herb. Kew). Native of Brazil, from whence 

 it comes into commerce as Bahia and Pernambuco Cotton. Culti- 

 vated in many parts of the tropics of both hemispheres. 



The seeds are tufted with a reddish fuzz, but are otherwise 

 naked. The lint is plentiful and usually very fine and silky. 



Gossypium herbaceum, Linn. Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 211. 



111.— Pari. Sp. Cot. t. 2 ; Engl. & Prantl, Pflan. iii. pt. 6, f. 22 

 (after Pari. 1. c.) ; Watt, Cotton PL tt, 24, 25. 



The source of the Syrian, Levant, Maltese, Arabian, some of the 

 short staple American Cottons, and possibly of Abyssinian and 

 some of the Egyptian Cotton. 



Seeds with a grey fuzz, and harsh greyish- white lint. The plant 

 is an annual, and does not appear to be known except Under 

 cultivation. 



Gossypium hirsutum, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) II. p. 975. 



\G. herbaceum, Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 211, in part.] 



III. — Nov. Comm. Gott, vii. t. 1 (G. lati folium) \ Wight, Illust. 

 t. 28 C (G. harbadense) ; Rovle, Cotton Ind. t. 3, f. 1 ; Pail. Sp. ( Jot 

 t, 5 ; Engl. & Prantl, Pflan. iii. pt, (*>, f. 23 (after Pari. I.e.) ; Wan 

 Cotton, PI. tt, 29, 30, 31, 



