Class I.— MONAjSI^RIA. 



Order 1. — Monogtnia. 



1. CANNA. LinncEiis, (Indian-shot, Flowering 

 Reed.) 



Calix double; exterior short, trifid, persist- 

 ent; interior (corolla. Lin.) 6-parted; 5 of the 

 divisions erect, the 6th reflected. Staminiferous 

 filament (nectary L.) petaloid, 2 lobed, the su- 

 perior lobe bearing tlie antlier. Style also re- 

 sembling a petal, ensiform, gi-owing to the tube 

 of the inner petaloid calyx. Capsule iTiiiricate, 

 3-celled, many-seeded; seeds globular. 



Habitus. Flowers produced in loose terminal leafy 

 panicles. 



Species in North Ameri a. 1. C. migiistifolia} 

 (('oublful.) 2. faccida In Carolina and Georgia 



Observation. A g-enus of the order Scitaminex of 

 LtXN^us, the Ca7mceoSJnssien, with splendid flowers, ex- 

 isting- chiefly within tlit trojjics. Most of the species known 

 have been found in the two continents ol America. The 

 divisions of the inner oi petaloid calix vary in forn) and 

 magnitude; in the Carina Jiacci da of Carolina and Geor- 

 gia the 6 seg-ments are ail reflected, — the 3 ex't-riop 

 lanceolate, — the 2 inner obovate, and undidated, the 6th 

 or innermost lamina largest, expanding- circularly, undu- 

 lated, and nearly rourid. 



2. THALIA. Lin. 



Calix double; exterior small 5-leaved; t??/e- 

 r?or deeply 5-parted (5-petalIed, Persoon) the 2 

 inti^rior divisions nsuHiiy smaller. Jluiuer sim- 

 ple, ova^% attached to its proper filpm-nt. Stijle 

 siioit, doficcted tVom the anther. Stigma rin- 



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