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CANNA* Achiras 

 Mendoza Canna. 



MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Marantace^ R. Br. — {Introduction to the natural system 

 of botany, p. 267.) 



CANNA.—Suprd,vol.7.p.576. 



C. Achiras; perianthii exterioris foliolis interioribus tribus lanceolatis acu- 

 minatis insequalibus ; interioris triphylli foliolis 2 superioribus maxim^ 

 insequalibus cum inferiore (labello) oblongo recurvato integerrimis, t'oliis 

 ovato-oblongis abrupte acuminatis, caule lanugiiioso. — D. Don in lift. 



Canna Achiras. Gillies MSS. sec. cl. Don. 



The specimen from which this figure was taken was 

 communicated in August last by Mr. Lambert. Mr. Don, 

 who is well acquainted with it, has obliged us with his 

 specific character, and the following memoranda. Mr. 

 Lambert remarks, that it is the hardiest Canna he has 

 ever cultivated. 



" A native of Mendoza, and was raised last year from 

 seeds communicated by Dr. Gillies, who considers it a 

 new species, and calls it Canna Achiras. It is closely 

 allied to Canna lanuginosa Rose. t. 16, which comes from 

 Maranham; but in that, as appears from the figure, the 

 leaves are much narrower and lanceolate ; the intermediate 

 series of the perianth nearly equal, and the two upper 

 foliola of the inner series emarginate. In C. lanuginosa 

 the flowers are also of a more uniform colour, and the 

 intermediate series of the perianth of a deep red. 



See fol. 1231. Achiras is, we presume, the name by which the species 

 is known in Mendoza. 



