( 2316 ) 

 Canna gioantea. Tall Canna. 



Gfas& awd Order. 



MONANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Anthera simplex, filamenti margini adnata. Stylus crassus, 

 claviformis. Stigma obtusum. Caps. 3-locularis. Sem. 

 globosa, numerosa. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Canna gigantea; laciniis corollae internis tribus diffluen- 

 tibus, tubo curvo, filamento revoluto infra medium 

 antherifero, labello angustiore citius marceseente. 



Canna gigantea ; limbo interiore semicirculari-4-radiato 

 reflexo -paten te, lacinia ima dextrorsum obliquata in- 

 aequilobo-retusa ; filamento longe ultra antheram pro- 

 ducto recurvatoque. Bot. Reg. 206. 



Canna gigantea. Redoute liliac. 331. 



Descr. Stem from three to six feet high, bearing scarlet 

 flowers, on short peduncles generally growing by pairs. 

 Calycine leaflets imbricate, spliacelated at the point. Ex- 

 terior lacinue of the corolla scarlet ; interior ones three, the 

 same colour, flowing about without order : claws united into 

 a tube an inch long and curved. Filament fully as long and 

 broad as any of the lacinia;, at first recurved, afterwards 

 revolute, bearing the anther below its middle. Labtilum, 

 or lower lip of the nectary, like the other lacinia 1 , but 

 somewhat narrower and sooner withering. Style after ex- 

 pansion longer and more petal-formed than in most of the 

 species. Before expansion the anther, as in the oilier 

 aperies, is longer than the filament and has a deep groove 

 down the middle Style of the same length with I thick- 



