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niceum. Capsula trigona triloculata; loculi late- 
raliter dehiscentes hexaspermi. 
Obs. A Canna montana, Brume, lacinüs differt 
bifidis, haud obtusis. Canna Indica Buuuer, plures 
continere videtur species, deseriptio ergo mutanda. 
Canna ortentalis, Rsc. , differt limbo corollae ex- 
teriort reflexo, bracteisque parvis. Canna edu- 
lis, Ker. laciniis integris, styloque flavescente, 
lineari. — Reliquis Cannis minus affinis habenda 
nostra, 
54. CANNA FLAVESCENS, Linx, 
Caulis compressus, 4-ped. altus, vaginatus, glaber. 
Folia petiolata ovato-lanceolata subundulata , basi 
in petiolum attenuatum decurrentia. Vaginae supe- 
riores cum bracteis obtuse-lanceolatis, convolutis, 
magnis; gemmis et fructibus immaturis albido-prui- 
nosis. _Inflorescentia ramoso-spicata. pauciflora, 
bractcata , bracteae in ramificationibus magnae 
sub floribus binae, exterior major ovato-subqua- 
drata , parva, membranacea , alba; interior mi- 
nuta carinata lanceolata, alba eum rudimento flo= 
ris abortivi; flos solitarius, evolutus brevi-pedun- 
eulatus. Calyx superus, limbus tripartitus, laci- 
niae lanceolatae, medio virides caeterum albidae 
dein rubescentes. Corollaelimbus duplex, flavus ; 
exterior tripartitus, laciniae lineari -lanceolatae 
acutae apice virescentes, dein convoluatae incar- 
natae ; interior bilabiatus, labium superius tripar- 
