Class I.— MONANDRIA. 



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Order 1.— Monogynia. V 



i. CANNA. Linnmis. (Indian-sliot, Flowering 

 Reed.) 



Calix double; exterior short, trifid, persist- 

 ent; interior (corolla, Lin.) G-parted; 5 of the 

 divisions erect, the 6th reflected. Staminiferous 

 iilament (nectary i.) pctaloid, 2-lobed, the su- 

 ^perior lobe bearing the anther. Stifle also re- 

 semblin.^ a petal, ensiform, growing to the tube 

 of the inner petaloid calyx. Capsule nriuricate, 

 3-celled, many-seeded; seeds gh)bular. 



Habitus. Flowers produced in loose terminal leafy 

 panicles. 



Species in North Ameri a. 1. C. an^vsUfoliai 

 ((doubtful.) 2. faccida In Carolina and Georgia.^ 



Observation. A genus of the order Scitammea of 

 1 .1 \' sx. us, the Cannae oUiissieu, with splendid flowers, ex- 

 isting- chiefiv within the tropics. Most of the species known 

 have been found in the two continents ot America. The 

 divisions of the inner oi petalo^ calix vary in form and 

 mai^nitude; in the Canna faccida of Carolina and Geor- 

 gia' the 6 segments are ail retti^A^ted,— the 3 extenor 

 lanceolate,— the 2 inner obovate, and undulated, the 6ih 

 or innermost lamina largest, expanding circularly, undu- 

 lated, and nearly round. 



2. THALIA. Lin, 



Calix double; exterior small 5-leaved; inte- 

 nor deeply 5-partcd (5-petalled, Fersoon) the 2 

 interior divisions usually smtUler. Mther sim- 

 ple, ovate, attached to its proper filament. Style 

 short, deflected from the anther. Stigma riii-' 



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