CANNA FLACCIDA. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
SECT. I. CANN. 
Gen. Cuar.—Anther single, attached to the margin of the petal-like filament; style erect, club-shaped ; 
stigma obtuse ; capsule three-celled ; seeds numerous. 
Spec. Cuar.—Corolla monopetala with a double limb; inner limb bilabiate ; upper lip in three sections, emarginate, 
ovate, crenate, flaccid; lower lip broad, crenate, flaccid; outer limb in three sections, reflexed. 
Syn.—Canna flaccida. Dill. Hort. Eltham. tab. 59, fig. 69. 
Canna flaccida. Redoute Liliac. tab. 107. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Roots tuberous, subaquatic, fleshy, spreading to a distance; stem 4—5 feet high, smooth; leaves alternate, 
decurrent, broad lanceolate, equilateral, intire, smooth, converging, 1-2 feet long; spike few-flowered ; flowers 
large, expanding ; corolla, upper lip of the inner limb in three segments ; segments ovate, crenate, flaccid, pale yellow, 
or sulphur colour; lower lip very broad, crenate or undulate, flaccid ; outer limb in three lanceolate, acute, reflexed, 
straw-coloured segments ; calyx three lanceolate leaflets, green; bractes common, large and coriaceous; filament 
petal-like, ovate-elliptic, crenate; anther long, grooved, attached to the incrassated margin of the filament; style 
elliptic, obtuse ; stigma a terminal scale; capsule oblong-ovate, rugose, large ; seeds numerous, black. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
A native of America, where, Mr. Nuttall informs me, he saw it growing in great quantities on the banks of 
the Mississippi. Has been cultivated in our gardens many years. 
REFERENCES. 
1. The three segments of upper lip of Corolla. 
2. Lower lip of Corolla. 
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. The three segments of the outer limb of Corolla. 
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. Filament and anther. 
5. Style and stigma. 
6. Germen and calyx. 
