each upon a (lender footcftalke.fet in abroad huske of two leaves, very much jagged at the toppes, and contai¬ 
ning therein a large yellowifh flower, fomewhat like a bell flower, broad above and (mall at the totrome, par¬ 
ted to the bottome into five very thinne leaves, with a ftiffe reddilh middle paintell, compatTed with five o’r fixe 
yellow threds, which is thruflof by the fruite.rifing under it,and growing to bee a (mall tound head or ball, co¬ 
vered withahardskinne, which opening when it is ripe, (heweth forth a lumpeof pure white wool!, having 
divers fmallblackifhfcede.of the bigneffe of Pepper comes, butnor to round, lying difpcrfcdly through the 
ltttnpe.and fingly but one in a place, with a fweet whitifla kernell within them, the rooce ddperletli under "round 
and abideth, not perilhing nor lofing the branches as the next doth. 
2. GoJ]ipitmfrftte[cens annum. 1 he bufh of lump: Cotton. 
This Cotton is yearely fowne, even in the warmed Councryes of AJiamimr, and within foure monethes or 
little more is gathered againe from the fowing,(hooting an upright ftemme, nothing fo wooddy or great as the 
former, bntbrancheth forth divers wayes, fet with large and broad foft leaves,like the former,and parted alike, 
the flowers alfo Hand in the like manner, and yellow, with purple botcomes, with huskesoffine leaves under 
them, after which commeth the fruite like it,but let in a Ihorter,(mailer,thicker,and harder rough blackfill huske 
parted inro three cells, with whitifla hard fhining skinny or wooddy partitions on the infide, containing each of 
them a round ball of fine white Cotton, with a lumpe or bunch of greater blacke feedes by the halfe, in the mid¬ 
dle, (licking clofe together in two rowes, with whire (wcete kerndls within them: The roote as I faid is an- 
ruall, and periflaing as foone as it hath pet fefted the ieede. 
a. Gojppium IndicHm(pinofum. Thorny Indian Cotton. 
This kinde of Cotton hath a (lemme about three cubits high, fet with fmallprickes, and having manyfaire 
broad leaves fet thereon upon long footeftalkes, dividedinto (even parts, fomewhat like thofeof Stravifacre, 
the flowers are hke to Bell flowers with five comers, the Cotton is very fine, and the feedes are fomewhat like 
the Thorny Mallow. 
4 . Gojppinm lavanenfe longifolMm, The long leafed Cotton of lava. 
This as ClttfiM relateth it from Fravcifcm Rtaorigua, native of Beugalt, groweth on a great high tree, with 
many farre fpread armes and boughes, and (lorcd with long and narrow leaves, neerer refembling Rofemary 
then Willow leaves, but that they are much longer, whole finite was like a long pod of fixe inches long, and 
five in compaffe, growing great from the llalke upwards, opening and ending in five pointed parts, whole 
skinny barke was ofanafh colour, and rugged,but full of moU pure white foft wooll, and divers blacke round 
feedes within.not involved with the Cotton like the reft, but growing by themfelves upon fine long wooddy 
partitions.extended all the length of the cod.- the wooll or Cotton was (horter then of the other, and not fit to 
be fpunne into thred to make ck>atb,for the Natives ufe it not to that purpofe, but put it to another ule,namely to 
ftuffe culhions and the like,being fofeer then any wooll,cotton, or feathers. 
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