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Vernac. name. — Tonje-manga (Zambesi, Kirk). — Short Staple 

 American (New Orleans and Georgian) ; American Upland Cotton. 



Seeds with a greyish, rusty or green fuzz, and yielding a fibre 

 of good quality. 



Gossypium mexicanum, Tod. Relaz. Cult. Cot. (1877) p. 193. 

 III.— Todaro, I.e. tt. 7, 11, f. 32 ; Watt, Cotton PI. tt. 39, 40. 

 Mexican Cotton ; Upland American. 



Niger (Barter, Herb. Kew). Probably native of Mexico ; culti- 

 vated in many countries, in many varieties {see Burkett & Poe, 

 " Cotton " ; True, " The Cotton Plant " ; Watt, in " Cotton Plants 

 of the World "). Described on Barter's specimen, No. 1184, as 

 ordinary cultivated kind. 



The seeds are covered with a fuzz of various shades of colour , 

 affording an ample quantity of lint, 



Gossypium Nanking, Meyen, Reise, (1836) II. p. 323. 



III. — Cav. Diss. t. 169 (G. indicum) ; Todaro, Relaz. Cult. Cot. 

 t, 3, f. 1 (G. indicum) ; Watt, Cotton PI. t. 15. 



Nankin Cotton ; Chinese Cotton ; Siam Cotton ; Khaki Cotton. 

 Cultivated in Africa and Asia. 



Seeds covered with a rusty fuzz lint silky, of a more or less 

 reddish colour. 



Var. Bani, Watt, Cotton PI. p. 131 ; an annual plant known 

 only under cultivation ; furnishing a high-grade staple. 



Var. Nadam, Watt, 1. c. p. 128 ; a perennial plant, yielding a 

 low-grade staple. 



Var. Roji, Watt, I.e. p. 134 ; a perennial bush ; staple short and 

 harsh. 



Var. soudanensis, Watt, 1. c. p. 138 ; a large perennial bush, 

 furnishing a fair quantity of harsh woolly floss. 



These varieties are all recorded from Africa, and it is probable 

 that they occur in Nigeria. 



Gossypium obtusifolium, Boxb. Fl. Ind. (1832) III. p. 183. 



///._Watt, Cotton PI. tt. 19, 20. 



Vernac. names. — Mokho (Senegambia, Henry) ; Rimo (Senegal, 

 Henry). 



The source of the Surat, Broach, Kathiawar and Kumpta Cotton 

 of India, and widely distributed in the East. Occurs in Upper 

 Egypt and other parts of Africa. 



The seeds have a rufous or greyish fuzz, and coarse reddish- 

 white wool. 



Var. africana, Watt, Cotton PI. p. 153. 



///._Watt, I.e. t. 23. 



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



Abeokuta (Irving, Herb. Kew) ; Nupe (Barter, Herb. Kew) ; 

 Banks of Komadugu, Waube near Geidam, N. Bornu (Elliott, 

 Herb. Kew). 



Seeds with a white or grey fuzz ; lint ample and fine. 



