CANNA LIMBATA. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
SECT. I. CANN. 
Guy. Cuar.—Anther single, attached to the margin of the petal-like filament; style erect, club-shaped ; stigma 
an obtuse scale; capsule three-celled; seeds numerous. 
Spc. Cuar.—Upper lip of interior limb of corolla tripartite; segments emarginate, subzequal, crenate, bright 
scarlet, bordered on the margin with orange; lower lip narrow, linear, bifid, declined; leaves 
lanceolate-acute, sea-green, sessile, decurrent. 
Syy.—Canna auro-vittata. Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 
Canna limbata. Bot. Reg. 971. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Roots tuberous, spreading and sending up numerous suckers; stem from four to six feet high, smooth ; 
leaves alternate, lanceolate-acute, inzequilateral, with decurrent sheaths; spike loose, erect; common. bracte 
large, coriaceous, glaucous, with a slight purple tinge; calyx of three short, unequal, lanceolate segments, 
pale green; exterior border of corolla in three long lanceolate segments, pale yellow; upper lip~of interior 
limb in three segments; segments lanceolate-obtuse, nearly equal, bright scarlet, margins crenate, and bordered 
with orange; lip narrower than the upper segments, bifid and spotted with red, declined; anther oblong, 
adhering to the filament, near the apex; style spatulate; stigma an obtuse scale; capsule globular, verrucoses 
three-celled ; seeds black when ripe. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
The seeds of this species were sent to the Botanic Garden in Liverpool, by Mr. Otto, from Berlin, 
under the name of Canna Patens, to which it certainly nearly approaches, and perhaps may be considered 
as a variety only; although it has been constant in its habits, as well in the Botanic Garden as in several 
other Conservatories in the neighbourhood of Liverpool. It is said to be a native of the Brazils. 
REFERENCES. 
. The three upper segments of the interior limb of corolla. 
. Filament and anther, style and stigma. 
. Lower lip. 
. Outer limb of corolla. 
. Germen and calyx. 
. Capsule. 
A A' aA SB w wD 
. Ditto opened, showing the unripe seeds. 
