CANNA LANUGINOSA. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
SECT. I. CANN. 
Gey. Cuar.—Anther single, attached to the margin of the filament; style erect, club-shaped ; stigma an obtuse 
scale; capsule three-celled ; seeds numerous. 
Spec. Cuar.—Upper lip of the inner limb of corolla in two sections; sections emarginate; lower lip intire; 
stem lanuginose. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Roots fibrous; stem herbaceous, erect, 5—6 feet high, thickly covered, particularly towards the base, with 
a permanent woolly substance; leaves alternate, lanceolate-acute, with membranous edges; petioles sheathing, 
downy; general bracte a green lanceolate membranous sheath; spike terminal, erect; flowers in pairs; floral 
bractes ovate, oblique, membranous, coloured, marcescent; calyx of three leaflets, superior, pale pink; corolla 
with a double limb; outer limb in three segments, nearly equal, lanceolate, broad at the base, but acutely 
pointed at the apex, involute, converging, pink colour; inner limb with a double lip, bright scarlet, upper 
lip in two lanceolate segments, of very unequal size, the smaller frequently emarginate; lower lip linear- 
lanceolate, intire at the apex; filament lanceolate, revolute; anther long, linear; style long, linear, coloured; 
stigma obtuse; germen ovate, rugose. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
A very distinct species of this numerous genus, not hitherto either figured or described. It was raised 
from seeds sent to the Botanic Garden in Liverpool, by Robert Hesketh, Esq. from Maranham, in 1823. 
REFERENCES. 
1. Segments of upper lip of interior limb of corolla. 
2. Lower lip. 
3. Filament, anther, style and stigma. 
4. Exterior limb of corolla. 
5. Germen and calyx. 
6. Anther and style, before expansion of the flowers. 
