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CANNA iridiflora. 
Peruvian Canna. 
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MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. CANNE. Jussieu gen. 62; (SCITAMINEAS includens. ) 
CANNEE. Brown prod. 1. 307. in obs. III; (SCITAMINEAS 
distinguens. ) 
CANNA. Supra vol. 3. fol. 206. 
C. iridiflora, racemis nutantibus geminatis, floribus secundis cernuis tubæ- 
formibus: labello bifido. 
Canna iridiflora. Ruiz et Pavon fl. peruv. 1. 1. t. 1. fig. 2. Persoon syn, 
1.1. Curtiss magaz. 1968. 
Culmi plures triulnares erecti (Ruiz et Pav. I. c.) teretes virides vaginati. 
Fol. laminá ovato-oblongä, longiüs acuminatá cuspide tortiusculo, subtüs 
laná decidua albicante; (in plantis sub celo nostro cultis lana obsoleta, aut 
tantum ad costam et internam petiolorum paginam conspicua). Spatha ter- 
minalis, monophylla, foliacea, cucullato-convoluta, erecta, sessilis, racemo 
plurimüm brevior. Racemus nutans, geminato-multiflorus, pendulo-secun- 
dus, nunc divisus, florum paribus distantibus: flores roseo-punicei (altero 
cujusque feré paris in exempl. nostro abortivo) pedicellis brevibus obesis: 
bractea exterior latior appressa brevior pari singulo communis, una v. et 
altera interior tenuissima elongata flori cuique propria: rachis communis viri- 
dis glabra subflexuosa pro sedibus florum alterne emarginata. Cal. 3-phyllus, 
subcoloratus, glaber, corollä pluriés brevior, erecto-connivens, persistens, fo- 
liolis lanceolatis inequalibus. Cor. tubata, cernua, recta, subregularis, 5- 
unicalis v. circa: tubus inferior pallescens, subtriuncialis, limbo exteriore 
longior; limbus exterior trifidus, æqualis, interiore $ brevior v. ultra, turbi- 
nato-connivens, laciniis erectis lineari-lanceolatis convoluto-concavis tubo pro 
longitudine gradatim variante adnatis ; limbus interior venoso-striatus, 4-fidus, 
turbinato-campanulatus, recurvato-patens, sesquiuncialis vel circitér, in tubo 
superiori sessilis, laciniis inequaliter inter se concretis, 3 spathulato-ovatis sub- 
«qualibus apice rotundatis preter unam inequilobo-retusam integris, 4%. (la- 
bello) subdifformi, d ceteris longiùs divisé, cuneato-oblongá, profunde? bifida. 
Fil. petaloideum, albido-rubens, angustiüs ligulatum, obtusum de supernè ad 
usque basin anthere spiraliter revolvendum ; anth. lutea, linearis. Stylus 
albicans, maculis striisque puniceis pictus, lingulatus, inequilateris, strictus, 
apice et latere altero stigmatoso pubescens atque curvior, ceterum nitidus. 
Germ. viridi-rubescens, cuneato-oblongum, obsolete 3-gonum muricibus callosis 
teretibus rectis obtusis densissime stipatis contectum, 3-loc., ovulis in locu- 
lamento singulo plurimis biseriatis globosis. 
A beautiful and singular species, much cultivated in 
the gardens of Perm, of which country it is probably a 
native. It is not, we believe, in any other European col- 
lection than that of Mr. Lambert at Boyton; where it was 
