Gossypium hirsutum var. taitense (Parl.) Roberty

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Gossypium
Plants of the MARQUESAS
UAHUKA ISLAND
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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U SDA, ARS Hetbarium
College Station. Texas
Donated to NY in 1993
Locality Plateau west of Hiniaehi Bay. Below
prominent bluff. Along Vaipae’e-Han© trail.
Occurrence Perennial shrub 1-J--2J- m.
Date Feb. 12, 1964 Alt. 100-150m approx.
Coll. B. G. Decker	No. 1^24
Remarks Dry, wind-swept, bouldery talus
slope. Rats conspicuously numerous. Corollas
cream-colored with dark red edges on petals
exposed in bud. Pollen cream-colored. Flowering
season in progress; a few new capsules open.
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