Ill this species the upper lip of the inner limb of the 

 flower is divided into two segments only, instead of three, 

 as in the preceding one ; the segments are ovate, uneven, 

 and entire; the lower lip pointing downwards (perhaps re- 



oluter) 



We have no further info 



plant 



above character. From its specifi 



should guess it to be native of the West Indies 



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CANNA lutea. 



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Yellow Ind'ian shot. 



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IC. latea^ corollae limbi interioris laMo supenore bipartite, laciniis emargi- 

 natis; labio infcriore liaeari bifido declinato. Jioscoe MSS> (ex anrjL 



vers,) 

 Carina lutoa. Roscoc in linn, soc. trans. 8. 332. Hort. Kew. eJ, 2, 1.2. ' 

 OiiS, A Cann.e indicae varietate lutea, a liinhi interioris labio stipe- 



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to be 



■. Roscoe appears to have considered the above species 

 the same with the yellow variety of the Canna mdica 



of Solander in the first edition of the Hortus Kewensis. 



But there the upper lip of the inner border of the corolla has 



three segments, not two only, as in the present species; 



which is^ however, the lutca of the second edition of the 



Hortus Kewensis. 



We have been prompted to insert in the present fasci- 

 culus five figures from the samples of as many species of 

 Cann^ (all but one from the pencil of Mr. Edwards) ; in the 

 hope that they miglit serve for exemplifications of their tex- 

 tuary counterparts in the forthcoming work on a portion of 

 the ^lonandrous class by Mr. Roscoe. 



'\^'c ought to have awaited the appearance of that per- 

 formance, if yve hud intended their complete and most 

 authentic history. 



We are not acquainted with the native place of the 

 present species ; but suspect it to come from South Ame- 

 rica. 



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The identity of the plants that have furnished the sub- 

 jects of our articles, with the species that are to appear 

 under the same specific denominations in Mr. Roscoe's 



k, has been confirmed by the inspection of 



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