** Stem from 4 to 5 feet high, clothed, particularly in 

 the young state, with a deciduous woolly down. Leaves 

 oblong-ovate, abruptly acuminate ; the lower ones a foot 

 or more in length, and six inches broad ; the uppermost 

 more ovate, seven to eight inches long and four broad. 

 Flowers mostly in pairs, on short peduncles. Bracts broadly 

 elliptical, concave, rounded at the top, membranous, de- 

 ciduous." 



). L. 



NOTE^O/O/. 1311. 



Mr. Don informs us, that he is now convinced that Canna lagunensis is 

 distinct from C. pallida of Roscoe. He finds the lip of C. lagunensis 

 uniformly entire, while that of C. pallida is deeply notched. — See note to 

 fol. 1323. 



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