GOSSYPIUM

(Lat.), n. Go2s-si2p(su8p>'i-u8m(u4m). Fr.. cotonnier (1st def.), cot on (2d def.). Ger., Baumwollenstaude (1st def.). It., pianta di cotone (1st def.). Sp., algodonero (1st def.). 1. A genus of the Malvaceae, tribe Hibiscece. [B, 5, 34, 42, 77, 173, 180 (a, 24).] 2. See COTTON. Extractum go ypii radicis fluidum [U. S. Ph.]. Fr., exlrait liquide d'ecorce de cotonnier. Ger., ftii iges BaumiKollwurzel-Extrakt. A fluid extract made by macerating powdered cotton-root in a mixture of 35 parts of glycerin and 65 of alcohol, then exhausting with alcohol, and adding enough of the menstruum so that 100 cu. cmt. of the fluid extract shall correspond to 100 grammes of the root. [B, 81 (a, 14).] Go ypii liiini. See COTTON. Go ypii radicis cortex [U. S. Ph.]. See COTTON root-bark. G. absorbens. See Absorbent COTTON. G. acer i folium. Fr., cotonnier a feuilles durable. A variety of G. punctatum. [B, 173 (a, 24).] G. album. A white-seeded species, and, according to A. W. Chapman, one of the two species to which all varieties of cotton may be referred. It yields the short-staple or upland cotton. [B, 5 (a, 24); a, 35.] Cf. G. nigmm.G. anomalum. A species indigenous to Africa; but little used. [B, 121 (a, 35).] G. arboreum. Fr., cotonnier arborescent (ou en arbre). Ger., baumartige Baumwollenstuude. Tree cotton-plant. India cotton-tree; a species found in India, and regarded as sacred by the Hindoos. It has dark-green leaves and red-purple blo oms, and produces a silk-cotton, not yet introduced to commerce. It is naturalized in the West Indies and South America, where a decoction of its leaves is used as a demulcent in cough. [B, 77, 173, 180 (a, 24).] G. arboreum, caule spiiioso. See ERIODENDRON anfractuosum.G. barbadeiise. Fr., cotonnier des Barbades (ou de la Barbade). Ger., west in disc he Baninivollenstaude. A species indigenous to the West Indies, and cultivated near the southern coasts of the United States and in Africa and the East Indies. It has black seeds and pure yellow blo oms, with a reddish-purple spot at the base of the petals, and yields the sea-island or long-staple cotton. In Jamaica, an infusion of the leaves is used as a galactagogue [B 5. 34, 77, 180 (a, 24); Anderson, "Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.,11 xxx i (a, 14).] G. benzoatum. See Benzole COTTON. G. depuratum [Ger. Ph.]. See Absorbent COTTON. G. frutescens. See G. herbaceum. G.fulminans[Ger.Ph.]. See PYROXYLIN. G.he emo stat i cum. See Haemostatic COTTON. G. herbaceum. Fr., cotonnier herbace (ou de Malte). Ger., krantartige (oder in disc he) Baumwollenstaude, Baumwollpflanze. Duk.,fcopos. To}., puttie. Sanscr., O, no; O, not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th2, the; U, like oo in [s. 225]