A History of Agriculture in India v1.c19.s8.4

v1.c19.s8.4

In *Gossypium arboreum*, two types of perennial cotton were collected by Watt (1907). One of these groups of perennial cotton belonged to the race *indicum* of peninsular India. They were considered to be one of the primitive perennial forms. The so-called Rozi cottons are the cultivated forms of this perennial cotton. All the annual forms of *Gossypium arboreum* cultivated at present are the derivatives of these *indicum* perennials.