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CANNA patens. 

 Spreading-Jhwered Indian-shot 



MONANDRIA MONOOYNiA. 



Nat. ord. CanNjE. Jussieu gen. 62. 



Cannes. Brown prod. 1. 307, in obs. III.; ubi Scitami- 

 NEis distinguitur. 

 CANNA. Saprd vol. 3. fol. 206. 



C patens, limbi interioris corolls labio superiore trifido ; laciniis seqiialibus, 

 ovatis, patentibus; unguibus longis; labio inferiore bitido, revoluto: 

 foliis ovatis, laoceolatis. Roscoe MSS; (ex angl. vers.) 



Canna patens. Roscoe in trans, linn. soc. 8. ^8 ; et in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 1. 1. 



Canna indica. Curtis's magaz. 454 ; (exclusis synonymis). 



Canna indica; i. patens; petalis interioribus reflexis coccineis, nectarii la- 

 cinia revoluta lutea lineolis rubris irrorata. Hort. Kew. 1. 1. Willd. sp. pi. 

 1.3. 



We have been favoured with the above specific character 

 of the subject of this article by Mr. Roscoe, who continues 

 to afford a portion of his literary leisure to the eluci- 

 dation of the natural family where our plant belongs, and 

 to which he has already so materially contributed. It is his 

 intention before long to communicate to the botanic world 

 the very considerable additions he has made to several of the 

 monandrous genera, particularly Canna, Hedvchium, and 

 Curcuma. 



We agree decidedly with that gentleman in considering 

 the present plant as of the species intended by Messrs. So- 

 lander and Dryander in the Hortus Kevvensis by patens. 



The native place does not appear to be known ; it is left 

 in blank in Hortus Kewensis. 



By Willdenow, Canna pateiis has been identified with 

 Canna chinensU of his " Enumeratio;" where however the 

 descnption is far from precise or satisfactory, and leaves us 

 in doubt as to the reality of their being of the same species. 

 At all events the synonyms adduced by that botanist from 

 the works of Rumphius and Van Rheede do not belong to 

 our plant. 



