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3. C. si'ectab'ile, (Salis.) Stem leafy. Leaves ovate-lanceolate 

 plaited, entire, pubescent, sheathing at the haso. 2'loiiurx '2 — '.\, larf^e 

 outer segments broad, oval, the two interior linear-lanceolate, white 

 lobe of the style white, with red spots. JJp longer than the pi-tals, 

 cleft in front. — White and purple. If. May — June. Mountains. 2 

 —3 feet. 



4. C. hu'mile, (Salis.) Stem pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, nerved, 

 pubescent. i'Vott'ers solitary. Xf/> large, cleft in front, pubescent ; the 

 outer segments brownish-purplo, the interior narrower and twisted. — 

 Purple, striped. If.' May — June. Rocky soils. Middle and upper 

 Car. and Geo. 6 — 12 inches. 



Genus XVL— EPIDEN'DRUM. L. 18—1. 

 (From the Greek epi, upon, and dendvon, a tree.) 



Segments of the perianth spatulate, expanding. Lip S-lobed 

 at the summit, the middle segment obtuse. Column with the 

 lip united into a tube. Pollen masses 4, parallel, divided by 

 persistent partitions. 



1. E. coNOp'sEUM, (Ait.) Root fibrous, adhering to tlie barks of trees ; 

 branches short, alternate. Leaves lanceolate, acute, succulent, entire, 

 generally two on each branch, sheathing at the base. Flowers in a 

 terminal raceme ; exterior segments of the perianth lanceolate, the in 

 terior cuneate, smaller. Anther operculate. — Yellow, tinged with pur- 

 ple. Aug. — Sept. On the barks of trees along the sea-coast of Car. 

 and Geo. 



Order CXXIII.— MARANTA'CE^ or CANNA'CE^ 



{^Arrow-root F'amili/.) 



Sepals 3, superior, short. Corolla tubular, irregular, in two 

 whorls ; the outer 3-parted, nearly equal, the inner irregular. 

 Stamens 3, with only one fertile petaloid. Ovary 3-celletl ; 

 ovules solitary and erect, or numerous. Style petaloid or 

 swollen. Fruit capsular. Seed round. Embryo straight. 

 Herbaceous plants, with creeping roots. Leaves simple, sheath- 

 ing. Flowers spathaceous. 



Genus I.— CAN'NA. L. 1—1. 

 (Celtic name for a cano.) 



Calyx 3-leaved, superior. Corolla with a long tube, the 

 margin 6-parted ; the three exterior segments reflexed, two of 

 the inner ones obovate, undulate, the other one very large ; 

 margin reflexed, nearly round. Style ensiform. Stiyma lin- 

 ear, attached to the margin of the style. Capsule globose, 3- 

 celled, 3-vaIved, many-seeded. 



1. C. FLAc'ciDA, (Rose.) Stem glabrous, terete. Leaves alternate, 

 lanceolate, large, nierabranaceoui?, glabrotis, with a lung t-hoath at the 



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