360 ALPINIACEAE 
eorolla: one filament anther-bearing, the others petaloid. Ovary 3- Bands 
the placentae parietal. Style petaloid, the stigma marginal. One 
1. CANNA L. Large or tall herbs, with relatively large leaves. Flowers 
mostly showy, borne in terminal thyrsoid panieles. Perianth variously colored. 
ut 40 species, mostly American.—INDIAN-SHOTS.—Some species and many 
hybrids are widely cultivated. 
Perianth yellow: sepals 2.5-3 cm. long: perianth- -tube much longer 
than the sepals: lip much dilated. 1. C. flaccida. 
Perianth red: sepals 1-1.5 cm. long: perianth-tube shorter than the 
sepals: lip linear-spatula c 2. C. indica. 
1. C. flaccida Salisb. Leaf-blades 2. n 5 dm. E flowers id showy: 
perianth mainly yellow: sepals 2.5— VAL : 
m. 
em. long: eorolla-lobes 5-6.5 cm one. 
about as long as the tube: staminodia 
dilated, uu ane e capsule 4-6 cm 
long.—1 GOLDEN-CANNA. Plu OF THE 
EVERGLADES.) — Swamps and  marshes. 
Coastal Plain, Fla. to S. C.—Spr.—fall. 
2. C. indica L. Leaf-blades 2-4 dm. 
long: flowers not showy: perianth main inly 
: the 
anth-tube: corolla-lobes 3-3.5 em. long, 
mueh longer than the tube: p paid: : > 
linear or narrowly spatulate, flat: cap- Ly D ui 
sule 2.5-3.5 cm. long.—Low grounds, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex. Nat. of E. I., 
and cult.—Sum.—fall. 
FawiLvy 3. .ALPINIACEAE — GINGER FAMIL 
aulescent, sometimes large, herbs mostly wi ith ho nd rootstocks. 
Flowers mostly perfect, borne in spike-like, sometimes cone-like, thyrsoid, 
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like. Corolla of 3 petals partially united into a tube. Fruit aaa 
About 25 genera and 200 species, mostly of tropical distribution 
1. LANGUAS Koen. Herbs with horizontal rootstocks and erect stems. 
Leaves erect. Panicle thyrsoid, terminating a leafy stem, with often HODEICRUE 
Petals 3, t 
About 40 species of the warm regions of 
the Old World. 
zl L. SM (Wendl) Small. Plan 
tall, the stem sheathed: eri 
s “ip to elliptic-lanceolate, 1. 5—4 
dm flower-stalks roopi ng from 
8-23 mm. long: coroll 
Hammocks, S pen. Fla” Nat. of E. la and cult.—(W. I.)—All —A very 
vigorous gar rden plant. Aggressive when established. It pees y its relative 
the true ginger plant in habit 
