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CANNA* discolor. 

 Crimson-leaved Camia. 



MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Canne^e. 



CANNA. — Suprd, vol. 7. fol. 576. 



C. discolor ; foliis discoloribus, coroUse limbo interiore 3-petalo, petalo 

 inferiore emarginato, floribus didymis pedunculatis, bracteis cuneatis 

 convolutis farinosis pedunculi longitudine. 



Caulis lO-pedalis. Folia ovato-oblonga, intense sanguinea, prasertim 

 versvis fastigium. Spatha 3-4 uncias longa, circa basin in/lorescentice con- 

 valuta, glaucedine copiosd iiiduta. 



A living plant of this species was sent from the Botanic 

 Garden, Trinidad, by Sir Ralph Woodford, the late Go- 

 vernor, to A. B. Lambert, Esq., in whose Hothouse at 

 Boyton, the specimen was produced from which the ac- 

 companying drawing was made in November last. 



Mr. Lambert informs us that he succeeded in flowering 

 the species, after some difficulty, by continually cutting off 

 its suckers, and keeping it growing in rich mould, in a 

 very warm stove. The stem of the plant that flowered was 

 10 feet high. 



J. L. 



*' Can or cana, the Celtic name of the reed, is said to have given rise to 

 this, and many other words in ancient and modern languages ; such as cane, 

 canoe, &c. 



