Class \st. 

 MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



CANNA Schreb. gen. No. I. 



Anther single, attached to the edge of the petal-like filament. Style 

 spatulate, growing to the tube of the corolla. Stigma linear. Cop- 

 sule 3-celled : seeds several, naked. 



C. indica. Linn, sp.pl. ed. Willd. 1. 3. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate. Segments of the inner border of the corol 

 lanceolate, and bidentate. 



Sans. '^^i<^^, Vuna-kelee, ^^"51^1, Sz/rva-jwya. 



Beng. Lai Surxa-juysi, the red variety, and Shweta Sitrva-jwya^ the 

 yellow. 



Teling. Kristma-tamara. 



Katu-bala. Rheed. mal, 11. p. 85. t. 43. 



Cannacorus. Rumpk. amb. 5. p. 177, t. 71. ^g 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 different, as in that, 

 the inner limb of the corolla is bifid. 



PHRYNIUM. mild. 



Anther single, terminal on a short erect filament. Style growing 

 to the tube of the corolla. Stigma infuudibuliform. Capsule 3-celI- 

 ed, 3-valved. Seeds solitary, arilled at the base. Embryo uncinate 

 and furnished with a perisperni, 



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