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style flattened, adnate to the base of the staminal-tube, free above. Fruit 
globose to ovoid, capsular, the seeds globose, hard, black. 
A single genus in tropical America, some species now distributed in 
all warm countries. 
1. CANNA Linnaeus 
Characters of the Family. (From the Latin “cane,” probably of Orien- 
tal origin.) 
Species 30 or more, natives of tropical and subtemperate America, 
some now found in all warm countries. 
1. Flowers red, less than 12 em in length. , 
2. Flowers 5 to 6 em long. 
3. Stems green, usually less than 1.5 m high......0000000000..... 1. C. indica 
3. Stems, midribs of the leaves, inflorescence, and fruits purplish; 
PART 2 D018. A alah Bs ek .... 2. C. speciosa 
2. Flowers 10 to 11 cm long. 
3. Whole plant green, inflorescence very glaucous............ 3. C. coccinea 
3. Whole plant purplish or bronzy-purple................ 4. C. warscewiczii 
1. Flowers yellow, sometimes with small orange dashes............ 5. C. glauca 
1. Flowers very large, up to 16 cm in length, lemon-yellow blotched and 
mottled with orange-yellow and ‘reddish-yellow. 
6. C. flaccida x iridiflora 
1. C. INDICA L. Ticas-ticas (Tag.) ; Indian Shot. 
Whole plant green, glabrous, up to 1.5 m in height. Leaves 10 to 30 em 
long. Inflorescence somewhat waxy-glaucous. Flowers red, solitary or in 
pairs, the bracts about 1.3 cm long. Sepals 1 cm long, greenish-white, some- 
times tinged with red. Corolla-tube about 1 cm long, the lobes red or 
reddish, about 3 cm long, involute. Staminodes bright-red, the outer one 
about 4 cm long, somewhat spatulate, acute or slightly acuminate, the 
others somewhat smaller, the antheriferous one as long as the outer one, 
about 5 cm wide, recurved above the insertion of the anther. Capsules 
green, oblong-ovoid, softly echinate, 2 to 2.5 em long. (FI. Filip. pl. 4.) 
Common in waste places, fi. all the year; throughout the Philippines, 
thoroughly naturalized. All tropical countries probably originating in 
tropical America. 
2. C. SPECIOSA Rosc. 
Stems 2 to 3 m high, purplish, as are the midribs, petioles, and margins 
of the leaves, and the inflorescence, the latter with a glaucous bloom. Leaves 
up to 35 cm in length. Flowers red, usually solitary, about 5 cm long, 
the bracts about 12 mm long. Sepals purplish, erect, about 13 mm long. 
Petals erect, about 4 cm long, involute. Staminodes red, the outer one 
spatulate, 4 cm long, toothed at the apex, the others similar but narrower, 
_ the antheriferous one about 5 mm wide, refiexed above the insertion of the 
anther. Capsules reddish-brown or purplish, up to 3 cm in length. 
Not uncommon in waste places, fi. all the year. A native of tropical 
America. 
*3. C. COCCINEA Mill. 
Stems about 1.5 m high, green, the inflorescence slightly tinged with 
purple and with a conspicuous waxy bloom. , Leaves 30 to 40 em in length. 
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