Canna.} SCITAMINACEAE. 435 
broad connective 2-spurred at the base. Ovary 3-celled, the cells with 
many ovules. Style filiform, the stigma produced beyond the anther, 
erect or inflected. Capsule loculicidal. — Rhizome thick with tuberous 
Stem erect. Leaves often broad. Flowers in an _ elongate 
strobilaceous spike, 2 to many inside of each bract, these large concave, 
imbricate, the uppermost empty and often colored; the single flowers 
About 30 species, extending from India into sdopieal Africa, Australia and Polynesia. 
1. C. longa, L. Sp. Pl. — Tuber oblong, palmate, deep yellow _—. 
Stem very sheik Leaves few, membranous, elliptico-oblong, 8— 12 
3—4‘, acuminate, on sheathing petioles of nearly their own inet Spike 
terminal. Bracts spathulate. — Amomum Curcuma, Jacq. 
ric, «Oléna» of the natives, is no ly as common as t wapuhi», yet 
occurs scattering in open glades over t hole group. The natives pn? its dye 
for coloring kapa yellow, whence the name, «lena» meaning yello ha 
e same range as the rationing one. Tahitian name: «Rea»; Vi tian: C 
4. CANNA, 
Sepals 3, imbricate. Petals 3, connate at < base with the staminodial 
whorl or androecium, narrow, subequal, recurved. Androecium petaloid, 
shortly tubular at the base, its lobes cuneate- oblong, the 3 outer subequal 
and imbricate, or 2 of them connate, or all wanting; the 2 inner lobes 
narrower, one of them antheriferous, the other naked. Anther linear, 
1-celled, ne al lateral on the petaloid filament. Ovary 3-celled, the 
cells ith many ovules, Style linear, flat, connate below with the 
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staminodial whorl, free above; stigma apical, often decurrent on one 
ide. Capsule shite opening by the wear of the fibrous pericarp. Seeds 
globose, crustaceous. — Stems erect, foliaceous. Flowers in a terminal 
simple or Seen raceme, one in each bract; the bracts remote, about 
as long as the ovary. 
A genus of about 30 species, all American. 
1. C. Indica, L..— Stems 3—4 ft. high. Leaves ovate- to oblong 
lanceolate, acuminate, 6—8‘ long. Flowers red, but apes yakeones 
or speckled. Sepals scarious, ovate-obtuse, 3—4" long. Pet anceolate, 
with recurved tips, 1‘ long or saeee scarlet. Staminodes . longer, 
spathulate, more deeply colored. Filament shorter. Seeds black. 
BOs eae over the Bp asi ihe probably introduced soon often the discovery. Nat. 
rec ipoe». sat red, nt ckled and yellow siraite Spread over most 
tropical Ameren aes: A ional escapes from cultivation are: C. War- 
h purple ana and gore and crimson flowers, and C. glauca, ) a 
yellow 
The Order Bromeliaceae — flo 5 dgwleks external perianth calyx-like; stamens 6; 
€ wers 
Ovary inferior or semiinferior, 3-celled, with numerous ovules; leaves m ostly stiff and 
spinose ; bracts generally large and colored — is represented by the ae Ananassa 
sativa, Lindl., which runs wild in man: Besides this several species bergia 
y places 
and Aechunea ‘fulgens are not uncommon in gardens. 
