CANNA ORIENTALIS. VAR. FLAVA. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
SECT. I. CANNE. 
Gen. Cuar.—Anther single, attached to the margin of the petal-like filament ; style erect, club-shaped ; stigma an 
obscure scale ; capsule three-celled, seeds numerous, globular. 
Spec. Cuar.—Upper lip of the interior limb in three sections; sections bidentate, lower lip bifid; outer limb of 
corolla reflexed, leaves broad-lanceolate, flowers yellow. 
Syy.—Shweta Surva-juya. Roxb. Flor. Ind. vol. i. pele 
Canna indica, yellow variety. Ibid. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Roots tuberous; stem from three to four feet high, smooth ; leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, undulate, 
pale green, on caniculated petioles; spike lax, few-flowered ; calyx of three lanceolate segments, glaucous; exterior 
limb of corolla in three segments, lanceolate-acute, yellowish at the base, green towards the apex, one or more 
of the segments reflexed as the flower approaches to maturity ; upper lip of the interior limb in three segments, 
lanceolate, unequal, emarginate or bidentate, yellow ; lip linear, bidentate, revolute, pale-yellow ; filament linear, 
intire, declined at the apex, yellow; anther an oblong brown scale, attached to the margin of the filament, style 
club-shaped, pallid; stigma an obscure scale. Germen rugose ; seeds numerous. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Although the principal distinction between this plant and the preceding (Canna orientalis) consists in colour 
only, yet as the figure now given is from a fine living specimen, and has not before been published, we have thought 
it might not be unacceptable ; particularly as it tends to confirm the distinction we have ventured to make, between 
the Canna indica of the East and the West Indies, and at the same time, to confirm the suggestion of Dr. 
Roxburgh, who, in Asiat. Res. v. xi. p. 322, and Flor. Ind. v. i. p- 1, has observed, that “ the parts of the corolla 
are exactly alike in both varieties,” and that “the Canna lutea of Roscoe, (Lin. Trans. vol. viii. P- 338.) must, 
therefore, be different, as in that the inner limb of the corolla is bifid,” which suggestion will be confirmed by 
comparing the present figure with that of the Canna lutea, as given in the present work. 
This plant was raised in the Liverpool Botanic Garden, from seeds sent from the East Indies, in 1819. 
REFERENCES. 
. Intire flower. 
. Segments of the upper lip of interior limb of corolla. 
. Filament and anther, style and stigma. 
Lip. 
. Exterior limb of corolla. 
Pe po 
Or 
QD 
. Germen and calyx. 
