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Orver 143. CANNACEUJE. (Canna FAMILY.) 
Perennial herbs, destitute of aroma, with alternate sheathing leaves, 
the very numerous nerves parallel, and diverging from the strong midrib, 
and superior irregular monandrous flowers. Sepals 3. Corolla 6-parted ; 
the three exterior divisions alike; the three interior ones very unequal, 
and often variously imperfect. Stamen and stigma mostly petallike. . 
Anther 1-celled. Ovary 1 — 3-celled, with 1— many anatropous or cam- 
pylotropous ovules. Embryo straight or hooked, in hard albumen. — Rhi- 
zoma often tuberous, and abounding in starch. 
l THALÍA, L. 
Calyx minute. Corolla tubular; the three exterior divisions similar and equal ; 
the interior unequal ; the anterior one broad and hooded, the interior lateral one 
elongated and clawed, the exterior lateral one furnished with two bristles on one 
side, and partly adnate to the slender stamen on the other. Style thick, spiral : 
stigma perforated, 2-lipped, the lower lip long and pendent. Capsule utricular, 
l-celled, l-seeded. Seed ovoid, erect, campylotropous. Embryo hooked, in 
hard albumen. — Stemless herbs from fibrous roots. Scape elongated. Petioles 
terete, dilated and sheathing at the base. Flowers in bracted panicled spikes, 
commonly two together, and included in a 2-valved spathe. - ig, Dip maaan 
1. T. dealbata, Roscoe. Plant dusted over with a minute white powder, 
otherwise smooth; leaves distichous, long-petioled, cordate-ovate, acute ; scape 
terete, reed-like ; panicle erect, dense, smooth, the branches not longer than the 
lanceolate deciduous bracts at their base; spikes erect; valves of the spathe 
unequal, ovate, coriaceous; flowers small, purple. — Ponds and marshes, South 
Carolina, and westward. June- Sept. — Scape 3°-5° high. Leaves 6/—9/ 
long, on petioles 1° - 2° long. 
2. T. divaricata, n. sp. Plant not powdery; leaves oblong-ovate, acute, 
rounded at the base, long-petioled ; panicle large, divaricate, the branches much 
longer than the linear deciduous bracts, hairy at the joints; spikes 6 — 10-flow- 
ered, zigzag, pendulous ; valves of the spathe unequal, oblong, membranaceous, 
hairy; flowers small, purple; seed ovoid, enclosed in a loose membranaceous 
pericarp. — Ponds, Apalachicola, Florida. Sept. and Oct.— Scape 5°-10° 
high. Leaves 1°-2° long, Panicle 29— 4o wide, purplish, — 
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2. CANNA, L. Ixpran-Suor. 
- Sepals 3. Corolla 6-parted ; the three exterior divisions equal; the interior 
bilabiate, with the upper lip 2 — 3-parted, or sometimes wanting, the lower entire. 
petallike. Anther marginal. Ovary 3-celled, many-ovuled. Style 
-~ Petalike. Stigma marginal. Capsule covered with a dense bristly coat, 
celled, loculicidally 3-valved. Placents central. Seeds globose, anatropous. 
Embryo straight in horny albumen. — Stems leafy. Leaves 5 wet ‘into a 
