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* CANNA Reévesii. 
Mr. Reeves's Indian Shot. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. MARANTACEZ, 
CANNA. Suprà, vol. 7. fol. 576. 
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C. Reevesii ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis acutis letè viridibus, racemis paucifloris, 
bracteis ovatis ovario brevioribus, corolle laciniis exterioribus ovato- 
lanceolatis concavis reflexis tubi longitudine interioribus patentibus; duabus 
semi-lanceolatis. apiculatis alterá obeordatà undulatà cuspidatà, filamentis 
duobus corolla laciniis majoribus erectis: sterili maximo obcordato undulato 
fertili minore semi-oblongo obtuso apice reflexo, stylo spathulato hinc 
angulato. € 
A most beautiful species of Canna, drawings of which 
were long since sent to England from China; and of which 
seeds have been at length procured by Mr. Reeves, to whom 
We owe so many of the finest Chinese plants now in the 
gardens of Europe. \ ; 
It is very near C. flaccida; so very near that it may be 
doubted whether it is distinct. 1 have not been so fortunate 
as to see that plant, and therefore I judge of it entirely from 
Redouté's figure and description, which, if they are to be 
depended upon, shew that the leaves of this species are 
much shorter and less glaucous, and the inner petals dis- 
tinetly cuspidate and unequal, instead of being obtuse and 
equal. | 1 
As to Canna glauca, I cannot conceive how any Botanist 
could have imagined it to be the same as C. flaccida; it is 
unnecessary to compare that species with this. 
* See folio 1231. 
