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Gossypium religiosum Willd.

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Date

1795-1804

Artist

Unknown Artist (Company School)

Collection

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : The Roxburgh Collection

Acknowledgements

Digitised by TWW

Description

Watercolour illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh. ROX1497. In his 'Flora Indica' Roxburgh describes this species as a perennial allied to 'G. hirsutum Willd.'. Roxburgh writes: 'This species has been introduced into Bengal under the name Nankeen cotton, but does not thrive so well as to make it profitable; the colour of the wool tawny, and very different from the colour of the cotton cloth commonly called Nankeen, which is no doubt dyed. This can scarcely be more than a variety of hirsutum.' Inscribed in ink is 'Gossypium fuscum R.'. Drawing is also inscribed by Sir George Watt (1851-1930) in the lower left corner, ' = G. hirsutum Linn. Sp. Pl. forma religiosa Roxb.' Roxburgh, 'Flora Indica' (1832) v.3, p.185.

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image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

Location

South Asia

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Flora
Flowers
Plants

Category

Glossary
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