No. 743. 
CANNA EXCELSA. 
Class, Order. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
We raised this plant from seeds which 
came from Rio Janeiro in 1820. Itisa very 
tall species ; our specimen grew to the height 
of fifteen or sixteen feet before it flowered, 
which was in January and the following 
months. 
It distinguishes itself, even when quite 
young, from the other kinds, by a strong 
dark coloured margin at the base of the leaf 
where it embraces the stem. In its blossom 
and mode of flowering, it approaches near 
to the paniculata of the Flora Peruviana, 
but the leaves of our plant are quite smooth 
on both sides, while the others are downy 
underneath. 
It requires the stove, and may be increased 
by suckers, which are sparingly 3 
and should be planted in rich loam 
