CANNA PALLIDA. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
SECT. I. CANNE. 
Gey. Cuar.—Anther single, attached to the margin of the filament ; style erect, club-shaped; stigma a scale; 
seeds globose, numerous. 
Spuc. Cuar.—Leaves lanceolate ; outer limb of the corolla in three sections, blunt ; upper lip of the interior limb 
of the corolla in two sections, sections lanceolate, emarginate; lower lip revolute, bifid; style 
broad, stem, petioles, and general bractes downy ; flowers pale yellow, with orange spots. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Root somewhat tuberous; stem from two and a half to three feet high, covered with a slight down; leaves 
alternate, lanceolate, rather glaucous, margins membranous ; petioles sheathing the stem, and covered with a dense 
down or nap; common bractes of one leaf, purple, sprinkled with a fine white flour or dust; inner bracte cuneate ; 
calyx in three equal segments; outer limb of the corolla in three lanceolate, erect, equal, blunt, yellow, or 
lemon-coloured segments; inner limb, upper lip in two segments, nearly equal, lanceolate, emarginate, yellow, with 
orange spots; lower lip linear, revolute, spotted, bifid at the apex; filament narrow, linear, revolute, spotted ; 
anther single, grooved, adhering to the margin, towards the point of the filament ; style large, spatulate, blunt ; 
stigma an obscure scale ; seeds numerous, round. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
A West India species, sent by Lord Suarorrn, from Barbadoes, to the Botanic Garden, in Liverpool, 
and hitherto undescribed. Strongly characterised by its glaucous and downy habit. 
REFERENCES. 
1. Upper segments of the interior limb of corolla. 
2, Filament, anther, style, and stigma. 
3. Lip. 
4 
. Exterior limb of corolla. 
or 
Germen and calyx. 
