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CAN NA* discolor. 
Crimson-leaved Canna. 
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MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. CANNES. 
CANNA. — Supra, vol. 7. fol. 576. 
C. discolor; foliis discoloribus, corolle limbo interiore 3-petalo, petalo 
inferiore emarginato, floribus didymis pedunculatis, bracteis cuneatis 
convolutis farinosis pedunculi longitudine. 
Caulis 10-pedalis. Folia ovato-oblonga, intense sanguinea, presertim 
versüs fastigium. Spatha 3-4 uncias longa, circa basin inflorescentie con- 
voluta, glaucedine copiosá induta. s 
A living plant of this species was sent from the Botanic 
Garden, Trinidad, by Sir Ralph Woodford, the late Go- 
vernor, to A. B. Lambert, Esq., in whose Hothouse at 
Boyton, the specimen was produced from which the ac- 
companying drawing was made in November last. 
Mr. Lambert informs us that he succeeded in flowering 
the species, after some difficulty, by continually cutting off 
its suckers, and keeping it growing in rich mould, in a 
very warm stove. The stem of the plant that flowered was 
10 feet high. LL 
* Can or cana, the Celtic name of the reed, is said to have given rise to 
this, and many other words in ancient and modern languages; such as cane, 
canoe, &c. 
