consists of three distinct, ovate, concave, petal-like segments, 
of a pale violet colour* : tube of corolla filiform, the length of 
the calyx, external lacinie of the limb nearly equal, deep 
violet : internal laciniz unequal, whitish, tinged with purple. 
Those parts put on such different appearances ‘at different 
periods, that it is not easy to describe them: at the first 
coming of the flower, the larger lacinia covers the column 
like a hood, and has a thumb-like appendix with which it 
embraces the filament~ this part is afterwards reflected. The 
other two lacinia are very narrow, and if we understand 
Mr. Brown, he is inclined to consider these as barren fila- 
ments, and that the two lacinie of the internal series are 
wanting. ‘The style is a thick column somewhat incurved, 
has a two-lobed extremity, somewhat of the form of a hammer, 
the upper end of which is obtuse and rounded, the lower 
end concave, and, from its secreting surface, must be con- 
sidered as the true stigma ; before the column escapes from 
the hooded petal, the anther discharges its pollen mass, con- 
sisting of a congeries of globules, which are uniformly lodged, 
not on the secreting surface, turned with its cavity down- 
wards, but in a slight depression in the face of the hammer. 
After efflorescence, the column is lengthened and curled 
inwards. =e 
Being a native of Brazil, it requires to be kept constantly 
in the bark stove. 
* Inthe true Scitaminee, this part is ‘tubudlak, with an oblique, three- 
lobed opening ; but in the Canna, as separated by Mr. BRowN, it is 
divided into three distinct segments. te eS ; 
