79 



Var. Wightiana, Watt, I.e. p. 143. [G. herbaceum, Oliv. Fi. 

 Trop. Afr. i. p. 211, in part]. 



III.— Todaro, Relaz. Cult. Cot. t. 4, ff. 1-9 (G. Wightianum) ; 

 Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. or. t. 9 (G. herbaceum) ; Watt, Cotton PI. 

 tt. 21, 22. 



Seeds with a short greyish fuzz ; staple long and good. Culti- 

 vated as an annual. 



Gossypium microcarpum, Tod. Hort. Bot. Pan. (1876) I. p. 63. 



III.— Todaro, I.e. t. 14, Relaz. Cult. Cot, t, 11, f. 16 (seed only) ; 

 Watt, Cotton PI. t. 36. 



Red Peruvian Cotton. 



Gold Coast (Johnson, Mus. Kew) ; recorded also from Mexico, 

 Peru, Brazil, Malaya, &c. 



The seeds have a rusty or greenish-brown fuzz. The plant 

 according to Spruce (Cult, Cotton, Peru, pp. 63-4) is capable of 

 producing nearly 50 per cent, of lint. 



Gossypium peruvianum, Gav. Diss. (1785-90) p. 313. 



[G. barbadense, Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 210, in part,] 

 ///.— Cav. Diss, t, 168 ; Watt, Cotton PI. tt. 37, 38. 



Vernac. names. — Own (Abeokuta, ' Irving) ; Ukoko (Congo, 

 Burton) ; Bazazula (Batoka, Kirk), — S. American ; Peruvian or 

 Andes Cotton ; Egyptian Cotton (Ashmouni, Mitafifi, Zafiri, 

 Abassi, Bahmieh or Bamia, &c). 



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

 Lagos. Widely distributed in Africa and other countries by 

 cultivation. 



Seeds with a fuzz varying in colour, grey, rufous, or greenish, 

 yielding a good quantity of lint. 



Gossypium punctatum, Sch. et. Thon. Beskr. Guin. PI. (1827), 

 pp. 309-10 [_G. barbadense, Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 210, in part,] 



III.— Watt, Cotton PI. tt. 27, 28. 



Vernac. name*. — X'Dargna (Senegambia, Henry) ; Lado (Sene- 

 gal, Henry) ; Kota-Kota (Nvasaland, Webb) ; Hindi (Egvpt, 

 Watt). 



Wild in Nigeria, Gold Coast, Senegal, Angola, America, and the 

 West Indies. 



Seeds with a fuzz, and white silky tioss. 



Var. nigeria, Watt, Cotton PI. p. 170. 

 ///.—Watt, I.e. tt. 27, 28 a. 



Badagry (G. Don, Herb. Brit. Mas.) ; Kouka (Vogel, Herb. Kew I. 

 Found also in the Transvaal (Mus. Kew). 



Seeds with white fuzz, and a good quantity of lint. 



Gossypium vitifolium, Lamk. Encycl. Meth. Bot, (1786) ii. p. 135. 



[G. barbadense, Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 210, in part.] 



///.— Rumpf, Amb. i. t. 13 (G. lati/olium) ; Cav. Diss. t. 166: 

 Bot, Rolt. t. 84 (G. barbadense) ; Tuss. Ant. ii. t. 17 (G. tricu. 

 spidatam) ; Watt, Cotton PI. tt. 1, 45, 



