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first mentioned Author,* “ has many seeds conglomerated ; the 
other, its seeds separated.” 
c 2. Gossypium purpurascens. Purple-stemmed Cot- 
ton. 
Subglabrous, leaves 3-lobed glabrous above pubes- 
cent and uniglandulose beneath, leaflets of the invo- 
lucellum cordate laciniated, capsule 3-celled, seeds 
distinct ovate acute. 
Poir. suppl. 1 1. 369. 
IIAB. Liguanea. 
FL. March — November. 
A shrub 6-10 feet in height: branches purpurascent, nigro- 
papillose towards the extremity, glabrous. Leaves 3-lobed, 
with the lobes ovato-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved with the mid- 
dle nerve glandulose on the under surface near the base, glab- 
rous above, pubescent and nigro- papillose along the nerves be- 
neath : petiole glabrous. Stipules an inch in length, attenuato- 
lanceolate. Peduncle axillary, usually furnished with an ovate 
acuminate leaf. Petals of a sulphur yellow, with a deep purple 
stain at the claw ; externally puberulous and nigro-punctulated. 
Stigmata 3. Capsule 3-valved : seeds separate, ovate, acute, 
black : cotton white. 
This species is described by Poiret as a native of the warmer 
parts of America. It approaches very nearly to G. Barba- 
dense ; but, in the latter, the leaves are triglandulose beneath, 
and the lower ones are 5-lobed. 
3. * Gossypium Barbadense. Barbadoes Cotton. 
Subglabrous, upper leaves 3-lobed, lower ones 5- 
lobed, triglandulose on the under surface, capsules 
3- celled. 
Willd. Sp. III. 806. 
HAB. ? 
FL. ? 
4. Gossypium Jama'icense. Wdd Cotton. 
Villous, the upper leaves cordate entire, the lower 
ones 3-lobed acuminate pubescentabovestellato-villous 
and uni-glan du lose beneath, leaflets of the involucel- 
lum united at the base laciniated at the apex, capsules 
4- celled, seeds 5 in each cell free ovate acute. 
* A Vox-age to Jamaica, &c. Vol. ii. p. t>8. 
