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* CANNA Reevesii. 

 Mr. Reeves's Indian Shot. 



MONANDRIA MONOGY'SIA. 



Nat. ord. MARANTACEiE. 

 CANNA. Suprd, vol. l.fol. 576. 



C. Reevesii ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis acutis \xth viridibus, racemis paucifloris, 

 bracteis ovatis ovario brevioribus, corolla laclniis exterioribus ovato- 

 lanceolatis concavis reflcxls tubi loiigitudine interioribus patentibus : duabus 

 semi-lanceolatis apiculatis altera obcordata undulata cuspidata, filamentis 

 duobus corolliE laciniis majoribus erectis : sterili maximo obcordato undulate 

 fertili minora semi-oblongo obtuse apice reflexo, stylo spathulato hinc 

 angulato. 



A most beautiful species of Canna, drawings of which 

 were long since sent to England from China ; and of which 

 seeds have been at length procured by Mr. Reeves, to whom 

 we owe so many of the finest Chinese plants now in the 

 gardens of Europe. 



It is very near C. fiaccida; so very near that it may be 

 doubted whether it is distinct. I have not been so fortunate 

 as to see that plant, and therefore I judge of it entirely from 

 Redoute's figure and description, which, if they are to be 

 depended upon, shew that the leaves of this species are 

 much shorter and less glaucous, and the inner petals dis- 

 tinctly cuspidate and unequal, instead of being obtuse and 

 equal. 



As to Canna glauca, I cannot conceive how any Botanist 

 could have imagined it to be the same as C. flaccida; it is 

 unnecessary to compare that species with this. 



• See folio 1231. 



