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Perennial. Leaves short-lobed. Petals yellow. Seeds dis- 
connected, after removal of the cotton-fibre grey-velvety. 
Distinguished and illustrated by Parlatore as a species, 
regarded by Seemann as a variety of Q-. m-horewm. Staple 
longer than in the latter kind, white, opaque, not easily 
seceding. Even this species, though supposed to be herba- 
ceous, will attain a height of 12 feet. A variety with 
tawny fibre furnishes the Nankin Cotton. 
Gossypium hirsutum, L.* 
Upland or Short-staple Cotton. Tropical America, culti- 
vated most extensively in the United States, Southern 
European and many other countries. Perennial. Seeds 
brownish-green, disconnected, after the removal of the 
’ cotton-fibre greenish-velvety. Staple long, white, almost of 
a silky lustre, not easily separable. A portion of the 
Queensland Cotton is obtained from this species. It neither 
requires the coast tracts nor the highly attentive culture of 
G. Barbadense. 
Gossypium religiosum, L.* (U. Peruvianum, Cavan.J) 
Tropical South America. Kidney Cotton, Peruvian or 
Brazilian Cotton. Leaves long-lobed. Petals yellow. 
Seeds black, connected. The cotton is of a very long 
staple, white, somewhat silky and easily seceding from the 
seeds. A tawny variety occurs. This is the tallest of all 
cotton-bushes, and it is probably this species, which occurs 
in the valleys of the Andes as a small tree, bearing its cotton 
while frosts whiten the ground around. 
Gossypium Taitense, Parlatore. 
((?. religiosum, Banks and Solander.) 
In se'snral islands of the Pacific Ocean. A shrub. Petals 
white. Seeds disconnected, glabrous after the removal of 
the fulvous cotton-fibre, which secedes not with readiness. 
Gossypium tomentosum, NuttalL* 
(U. Sandvicense, Parlat. G-. religiosum, A. Gray.) 
Hawaia. Perennial. Petals yellow. Seeds disconnected, 
after the removal of the tawny cotton-fibre fulvous-velvety, 
not'easily parting with their cotton. 
