Goffijpium. 
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Descr. Ccml/s 6^i5-pedaliS5 faffruticofa?; , biennis, 
i. ultra, ramofas, laevis. Rami ere&ufculi, te= 
retes, laeves 1. pobereentes, 
RoUa petiolata, alterna, fiiperlora triloba, inferio^ 
ra 5-loba, diam. 4-5-poliicari : lobis ovatis, acu- 
tis , integris , nervoiis , glabris , fubtus Itepe pu- 
beicentibas. 
PeHoll 5-6-pollicares, teretiufcoli, patuli, Iseves, 
fubinde pubefcentes. Pori glanduloll fubtus in 
nervis foliorum mediis, plerumque tres. 
Pedunculi petiolis oppofiti & breviores, craffmfcu^ 
ii, teretes, feriati, pubefcentes, unitlori. 
Flores magni, flavi, tandem rubri. 
Cbf/. duplex, femi-5-fidus: ovatis, 
acutis, glabris L piibefcentibus 1. atomis nigris 
hinc inde adfperfls. Interior monopnyiius, cyathn 
formis, dentibus 3.5 minutis obtufs. 
Petala 5. bafi connata, obliqua, obeordata, plana, 
'patentia, bafi macula purpurea notata', extus 
glabra. 
Filamenta in cylindrum ad medimri coalita, apice 
numerofa, laxa, petalis bafi inferta & breviora, 
AntkercE reniformes, flavm L ftilvss, 
Germen fubrotundo- acuminatum. Stylus flaminh 
bus fere longior, apice 3-5-fi.dus. Stigmata ob- 
tufa, craiiiuicuia. 
Capfula ovato - fubrotunda s acuminata, glabra, in= 
terdum nigro - pundtata, 3-locularls, 3-vaivis, po- 
lyiperma, 
Sem. oblonga, plura (8-I2) nigra, lana involuta 
facile feparanda. 
In .infulis Iiidise occidentalis pree cceteris culta oc- 
currit. 
GOSSYPIUM religiofum , (S. V. 62^. 4.) 
foliis fliperioribas 3=lobi^5 inferioribus 
5-10’ 
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