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CANNA* Lagunens2>. 



Carina of Laguna. 



MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Cannes:. 



CANNA. — Suprd, vol. 7. fol. 576. 



C. Lagunensis ; foliis abrupt^ acuminatis : supremis cordatis inferioribus in 



basin attenuatis, bracteis maximis oblongis obtusis, floribus luteis limbo 



interiore tripetalo maculato : petalo altero revoluto integerrimo. 



Folia inferiora 9 pollices tonga v. majora, utrinque sensim attenuata ; 



suprema cordata, dimidio minora, magis abrupte acuminata. Bractea 



infima spathacea, cucullafa, superiores membranacece, nunc rotundatce, trans- 



versce, scepius oblongce, ovario et caiyce multb longiores, omnibus glaucis. 



Calyx glducua. Floris limbi interioris petalum revolutum cceteris intensius 



maculatum. 



We received specimens of this plant from A. B. Lambert, 

 Esq., in September 1829, with the following note: — "The 

 Canna now sent I believe quite new ; I have only one 

 plant of it raised from seed from Laguna, in Mexico." 



Upon this high authority we publish it, not professing 

 ourselves to understand the limits or peculiarities of the 

 species of this very difficult and intricate genus. It appears 

 to be principally distinguished from other yellow-flowered 

 kinds by the spots upon the inner limb of the corolla, that 

 which is rolled back being entire, by the very broad mem- 

 branous bracteae, and by the abruptly acuminate apex of 

 the leaves. 



Being a native of Mexico, it will undoubtedly succeed 

 well in a common conservatory or greenhouse, of which it 

 would be a striking ornament. 



* See fol. 1231. 



