SCITAMTNE/E. C03 



Tribe II. CANNACEjE. — Calyx-tube not produced beyond the ovary. Anther \-eelled, 

 marginal on a lateral, petaloid filament : staminodia several. Sac of the embryo dis- 

 appearing. — No ligule. 



4. CANNA, L. 



Corolla infundibular. Petaloid staminodia: one exterior, alternate to the corolla, 

 (rarely 2-partite, or replaced by 2, or wanting : the upper lip, comprising one of the interior 

 staminodia), two interior, one of the latter 2-partite (or replaced by 2), or undivided, 

 inserted into the corolla-throat, the other (the labellum, or lower lip) recurved. Stamen 

 recurved : anther half-adnate. Style spathulate-linear, (lattish : stigma truncate. Capsule 

 warty, loculicide, many-seeded : seeds subglobose : embryo straight. — Leaves devoid of a. 

 petiolar knob ; flowers usually geminate, in a terminal raceme or corymb. 



* Flowers red or variegated with yellow. 



11. C. indica, L., Ait. Leaves ovate, or ovate-oblong, pointed ; segments of the upper 

 lip entire at the top, subequal, lanceolate, erect: one of the 2 leaflets 2-partite : lower lip 

 entire. — Rose. Monandr. I. 1 . — 3'-4' high ; flowers red, variegated with yellow, about 2" 

 long. — Hab. Jamaica !, March ; [Cuba ! to Venezuela !]. 



12. C. Lamberti, Lindl. Leaves elliptical, or elliptical-oblong, pointleted, tapering 

 into the sheath ; segments of the upper lip entire at the top, erect : one of the 2 leaflets 

 2-partite: lateral divisions obovate-spathulate,the middle segment (" sometimes wanting") 

 and lower lip lanceolate, the latter revolute, entire. — Rose. Monandr. I. 2. — 12'-14' high ; 

 flowers crimson, not variegated, about 3" long. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad {Rose.) ; 

 [Guiana]. 



13. O. coccinea, Ait. Leaves ovate, or ovate-oblong, mucronate; larger segments of 

 the upper lip emarginate, lanceolate, unequal, erect : the middle segment smaller, linear, 

 (or wanting) : lower lip linear, emarginate. — Rose. Monandr. 1. 11. — 0. occidentalis, Rose. : 

 a broad-leaved form. C. suriuamensis, Miq. ! — 4'-6' high ; flowers about 2£" long, red, 

 lower lip variegated with yellow. — Hab. Jamaica!, March; S. Kitts !, Antigua !, Wullschl., 

 S. Vincent !, Guild.; [Guiana !]. 



14. C. edulis, Ker. '' Leaves ovate, or ovate-oblong, mucronate, contracted into 

 the sheath ; segments of the upper lip subequal, lanceolate, entire at the lop, erect : lower 

 lip liuear, emarginate." — Rose. Monandr. t. 5. — C. discolor, Lindl. {Bot. Reg. t. 1231) : 

 a form with purple-stained leaves. — " 8'-12' high, tuberous ; longer pedicels 2-bracteolate 

 below the ovary; corolla red, 3" long." — Hab. Trinidad {Lindl.) ; [Brazil, PeruJ. 



** Flowers yellow. 



15. C. pallida, Rose. Leaves ovate-oblong, or oblong, bluntish, or mucronate : sheath 

 ]>uberulous or glabrescent ; staminodia lanceolate, emarginate : upper lip erect, its 2 leaf- 

 lets equal, mostly undivided. — Rose. Monandr. t. 19, 20. — C. maculata, Lk. .- a broad- 

 leaved form. C. Buckei, Weinm. ? — 2£'-4' high ; flowers 2" long, yellow, lower lip with 

 orange spots. — Hab. Jamaica!, March; S. Kitts, Els., Barbadoes {Rose.). 



16. C. glauca, L. Leaves large, elliptieal-lanceolate, acuminate, long-tapering into the 

 sheath, glaucous ; segments of the upper lip obovate-spathulate, equal, entire, ascending : 

 one of the 2 leaflets 2-partite: lower lip oblong-linear, emarginate. — Rose. Monandr. t. 7. 

 — 6' high ; flowers yellow, not variegated, 3" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, March; Trinidad!, 

 Cr. ; [Guiana!]. 



5. CALATHEA, Mey. 



(Phryuium, Pcepp., Endl., non Kbrnick.) 



Corolla-tube filiform : limb spreading. Petaloid staminodia : one exterior, alternate to 

 the corolla (lower lip, or labellum, rarely wauting) ; two interior, opposite it, irregular 

 (upper lip) : one of them adhering to Ihe stamen by a callous appendage, the other cucullate, 

 including the style. Stamen petaloid : " anther half-adnate." Style incurved : stigma round, 

 shortly appendicular Capsule 3 -seeded : seeds cylindrical : embryo curved. — Leaves with 

 a cylindrical knob at the top of the petiole ; flowers in spikes or heads. 



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