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G offyp i u m. 
Folia petlolata , alterna ; fuperiora indivifa, cordata, 
acuta, integra, margine hirta; inferiora 3-ioba: 
IMs minus divifis, ovatis, acatis, integris, lubtus 
hiiilitis, fupra glabris. 
Petioli teretes, ftriati, nigro -punctati, hirfati, 
Pori giaiidiiloii folitarii fubtus in medio nervo 
foiiorani, interdum 2 1. 3 in nervis proximis. 
Pedunculi petiolis 3-pio breviores,, crafll, flrifti, 
hirfati, nigro -puntiati. 
CaL duplex. Exterior 3-5-.fI.dus: lacinice ovatae 
acutae, hirt^. Interior i-phyllns, truncatus, 
dentibus 3 obtufis. ' 
Petala bah cohaerentia, lateri incumbentia, ro- 
tundata, retufa, integra, bali flava, apice purpu- 
rafcentia, extus pubefcentia. 
Filcimenta a bali ad medium connata, petalis bre<^ 
viora, apice libera, Aiitherce reniformes , flavae. 
Germen ovatum, acuminatum, nigro- punctatum. 
Stylus flam. longior, apice 3-5-fldus, inciinatus. 
Stigmata obtufa. 
Capjlila rn^gno ^ ovata, nigro=,pun8:ata, 3flocularis, 
3-valvis , polyfperma. 
Semina ovata, acuta, viridia, lana obvoluta, ardle 
adhcerentia. 
Cultum ubique in Jamaica alibique in India occi- 
dentali, ^ 
Vulgo appellatur Frendi Cotton ^amakenjibus, 
Obs, Varietas hujus efl Xylon americanum prcB^ 
ftantiffimum 9 fem, yirefcenti. Tournef. inft. loi, 
Iflailis Cotonier de Soie nuncupatum , ceteris ob 
lanam prseftantius , idque forfitaii ope culturse. 
G O S S y P I u M barhadenfe 5 (S. V. 6”2 8 . 6”.} 
foliis fuperioribiis gflobis, inferioribus 
yflobis ; caule Iceviori ^ fqminibus liberis. 
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