CANNA SYLVESTRIS. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
SECT. I. CANN. 
Gey. 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. 
Srnec. Cuar.—Upper lip of interior limb of corolla tripartite ; segments emarginate, subzequal, obtuse, converging ; 
lower lip linear, bifid, declined ; leaves lanceolate, eequilateral. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Roots tuberous, stoloniferous; stem herbaceous, simple, 4-5 feet high, coyered with a deciduous down ; 
leaves alternate, lanceolate, 1-2 feet long, by 6-8 inches broad, not so strongly ribbed as in most other 
species, but of a more coriaceous substance; petioles from three to four inches long, channelled ; spike terminal, 
flowers dichotomous, with a long bracte to each flower, of a glaucous colour; interior bracte wedge-shaped, 
membranaceous; calyx of three lanceolate segments, purpurescent ; outer limb of corolla in three lanceolate 
segments, nearly equal, crimson ; inner limb with a double lip; upper lip in three segments, long, linear, 
of nearly equal size, obtuse and irregularly emarginate at the apex, converging, and somewhat hooded over 
the parts of fructification, giving the appearance of a ringent flower; lower lip long, Inear, obtuse and 
bifid at the apex; filament lanceolate, cartilaginous at the margin; anther rather small; style short, spatulate ; 
stigma a scale; the whole interior limb of corolla a. bright scarlet; germen verrucose, tubercles purple. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
An hitherto undescribed and very distinct species, of a peculiarly elegant appearance; its fine crimson 
flowers being a great ornament to the Conservatory. It is probably a native of the tropical climates of 
America, but was first received at Liverpool in the year 1813, from the Botanic Garden at Dublin, under 
the name of Amomum Sylvestris, the specific name of which we have retained. A plant of the same 
species was afterwards received from Mr. Loddiges, at Hackney, under the name of Canna Patens. 
REFERENCES. 
1. The three sections of the upper lip of corolla. 
2, Filament and anther, style and stigma. 
3. Lower lip. 
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. Outer limb of corolla. 
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. Parts of fructification, as they appear before the flower expands. 
6. Germen and calyx. 
