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CaNNA GLAUCA, y, rubro-lutea. GLAUCOUS-LEAVED 
_Inpran-Reep ; reddish yellow-flowered var. 
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Class and Order. : 
Monanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Cannez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Anthera simplex, filamenti margini adnata. Stylus cras- 
sus, claviformis. Stigma obtusum. Caps. 3-locularis. Se- 
mina gibbosa, numerosa. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Canna* glauca; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis valde acuminatis 
glaucis, corolle laciniis exterioribus erectis, labio su- 
periore trilobato lobis tribus ovatis strictis inferiore 
indiviso recurvo. 
Canna glauca. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 1. p. 4 Rose. Linn. 
Trans. v. 8. p. 339. Scit. Pl. cum Ic. Sm. Ex. Bot. p. 
83. t. 102. Roem. et Schult. v. 1. p. 13. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 7. | 
(B.) rufa ; corollis rubro tinctis ; labello variegato integer- 
rimo. Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2302. 
(y.) rubro-lutea ; florum basi labioque inferiore rubris, la- 
bio superiore luteo. (Tab. nostr. 3437.) 
The Glasgow Botanic Garden is indebted for the posses- 
sion of this plant to Mr. M‘Fapyen, who sent it from Ja- 
maica. It may be reckoned among the handsomest of the 
Genus, especially if the foliage be considered as well as the 
flower, the leaves being remarkably elongated, germ a 
elicate 
* From Can, or Cana, a reed, in Celtic, and that from Cana, a watery 
place, in the same language. 
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