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out tania wild or cultivated, extending to the Malay Pen. and 
Islands, also in China. It is often grown in gardens within the 
area of this flora. The tubers are employed in perfumery and in 
Hindu medicine. 
K. rnotunpa, Linn. Sp. Pl. 3; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 16; F. B. I. vi, 
222; Watt E. D.; Prain Beng. Pl. 1038; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii, 
727,—Vern. Bhui-Champa.—A stemless herb. Leaves petioled, erect, 
oblong, 12 by 3 in., appearing after the flowers. Corolla-segments 
long, linear. Lip lilac or reddish. Staminodes oblong, acute.— 
Wild or cultivated throughout India, extending to Malay Pen. and 
Islands. Flowers very fragrant. 
Avtprmia NuTANS, Roscoe ; Roxb. ; Fl. Ind. i, 65; F. B. I. vi, 256 ; 
Watt E. D.; Gamble Man. 723; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii, 738.—Stems 
up to 10 ft. high. Leaves 1-2 ft. long by 3-6 in., oblong-lanceolate. 
Flowers very handsome, in panicles 6-12 in. long, the rhachis very 
hairy ; bracts large, concave, ivory-white tinged with pink and 
variegated with red and yellow.—Mr. Gamble states that this 
planted in Dehra Dun at Rajawala, where it affords good fodder 
for elephants. It is also much grown as an ornamental plant in 
gardens. It is a native of the E. Himalaya and Burma, extend- 
ing to the Malay Pen. and Islands. 
Canna Inpica, Linn. ; var. oRIENTALIS Rosc ; F. B. I vi, 260. Prain 
Beng. Pl. 4047. C. indica, Linn. ; Roxb.; Fl. Ind. i, 1.; Watt 
E£. D. ; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii, 744.—Rootstock tuberous, with many 
fibres. Stems 3-4 ft. high. Leaves 6-18 in. long, oblong or elliptic- 
lanceolate, caudate-acuminate. Flowers distant, 24 in. long, scarlet 
or yellow. ‘The seeds are black and shining and are known under 
the name of Indian shot. This species is much grown in Indian 
gardens for its handsome flowers. 
Musa, Linn.—Tree-like herbs with stout stems composed of convolute 
leaf-sheaths. Leaves very large, oblong, spirally arranged. Flowers 
in an erect or decurved subterminal spike, practically 1-sexual, the 
lower female, the upper male; bracts large, spathaceous, ovate or 
orbicular. Calyx tubular, spathaceous, 3-5-lobed, slit to the base 
on.one side. Petals connate, forming a unilateral corolla as long 
as the calyx or shorter, convolute round the stamens and style. 
Stamens 5, perfect, the 6th rudimentary or obsolete; filaments 
stout, filiform; anthers linear, erect, 2-celléd. Carpels 3, connate 
in a 3-celled ovary; ovules many ; style filiform from a thickened 
base; stigma 6-lobed, subglobose. Fruit oblong or fusiform, 
3-gonous, fleshy, indehiscent. Seeds subglobose or angled by pressure, 
in cultivated forms often obsolete.—Species about 40, in tropical 
