CANNA PEDUNCULATA. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
SECT. I. CANN. 
Gey. Cuar.—Anther single, attached to the margin of the petal-like filament; style club-shaped; stigma an. 
obtuse scale. 
Spec. Cuar.—Corolla monopetala, with a double limb; inner limb bilabiate; upper lip in three sections; sections 
emarginate, erect; lower lip revolute, bifid ; outer limb of corolla reflexed; flowers in pairs on 
long peduncles. 
Syy.—Canna pedunculata. Loddiges Bot. Cabinet, fig. 622. 
Long-peduncled Canna. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Roots tuberous, stoloniferous; stcles as thick as a man’s finger; stems 5-6 feet high; leaves alternate, 
lanceolate, decurrent, from one to two feet long; inzequilateral, smooth, nerves distant; flower-spike 6_8 inches 
long, angular ; flowers in pairs on long round peduncles; outer bracte common to both flowers, with an inner 
bracte to the secondary flower; upper lip of the inner limb of the corolla in three segments, frequently luxuriating 
into four, notched, erect; claws short; lower lip revolute, deeply notched; outer limb of three lanceolate 
reflexed tortuose segments, yellowish green; filament revolute at the apex, slightly notched; style erect, 
spatulate ; stigma obtuse; calyx triphyllous, leaflets short, lanceolate, slightly emarginate, light green, farinaceous ; 
germen pale green, rugose, slightly triangular ; seeds numerous, ovately globular, black. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
A very distinct species; sufficiently characterized from all the rest of the genus now known, by its long 
peduncles. 
The present Plant, which is supposed to be a native of the Brazils, was sent to the Liverpool Botanic 
Garden by Mr. Cooper, Botanic Gardener to Lord Milton, at Wentworth House, and flowered in April, 1823. 
REFERENCHS. 
1. Corolla. 
2. Peduncles, germen and calyx. 
3. Outer bracte. 
4. Inner bracte. 
5. The three segments of the upper lip of the inner limb and corolla. 
6. Filament and anther, style and stigma. 
7. Lower lip of the corolla. 
8. Outer limb of the corolla. 
9. Filament and style before the flower expands. 
10. Seeds. 
