FLORA INDICA. 





CLASS I. 



MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



CANNA. Schreb. gen. No. 1. 



Anther single, attached to the edge of the petal-like fila- 

 ment. Style spatulate, growing to the tube of the corolla. 

 Stigma linear. Capsule three-celled. Seeds several, naked. 



C. indica. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1. 3. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate. Segments of the inner border 

 of the corol lanceolate, and bidentate. 



Sans. Vwna-kelee, Swrva-jwya. 



Beng. Lai S«rv«-jwya, the red variety, and Shweta S?<r- 

 jwya, the yellow. 



Teling. Kristma-tamara. 



Katu-bala. Rheed. Mai. \\.p. 85. f.43. 



Cannacoms. Humph. Amb. 5. p. 111. t. 11. Jig. 2. 



Common over India, and in flower and seed most part of 

 the year. 



Observation. The parts of the corolla are exactly alike 

 in both varieties. C. lutea of Roscoe, must therefore be differ- 

 ent, as in that, the inner limb of the corolla is bifid. 



PIIRYNIUM. Willd. 

 Jlnther single, terminal on a short erect filament. Style 

 growing to the tube of the corolla. Stigma infundibuliform. 

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