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C.ANXA GLAUCA, /3. RUFA. BliFF-COLOURED 

 G.LAUCOITS-LEAVED INDIAN ReED. 



(Jlass and Order. 



MoNANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Anthera simplex, filamenti margini adnata. Stylus cras- 

 sus, claviforrnis. Stigma obtusum. Caps. 3-locularis. Sem. 

 globosa numerosa. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Canna giauca ; foliis glaucis laciniis interioribus tribus 



erect is ovatis strictis, labello revoluto. 

 Canna giauca ; corollae limbo interiore trifido : laciniis 



ovatis strictis, nectario trilobato fimbriato. Roscoe in 



Lin. Soc. Trans. 8. p. 339. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. l.p.2. 

 Canna giauca; foliis petiolatis lanceolatis glaucis subtus 



enervibus. Willd. Sp. PL 1 . p. 4. Excluso syno- 



nymo Dillenii. 

 Canna giauca; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis glaucis, laciniis 



corollae exterioribus erectis, labio superiore trilobato 



lobis tribus ovatis strictis ; inferiore indiviso recurvo. 



Exot. Bot. p. 83. t. 102. ex anglico versum. 

 ( ; 3.) rufa ; Corollis rubro tinctis : labello variegaio inte- 



gerrimo. 



Mr. Robert Brown has very properly separated the 

 Cannes from the ScitaminEjE of Linnaeus, an order retained 

 by Jussieu under the name of Cann,e. See Prodromus 

 Flora? Nova Hollandiaz, p. SOI. 



The character of Canna has been considered differently 

 by different botanists. The flower is furnished with a 

 real persistent superior calyx distinct from the corolla, 

 which latter Jussieu denominates calyx, consequently ac- 

 cording to him it has a double calyx. The corolla is 



monopetalons. 



