CANNA DENUDATA. VAR. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
SECT. I. CANNE. 
Gen. Cuar.—Anther single, attached to the margin of the filament; style erect, club-shaped ; stigma obtuse ; 
capsule three-celled ; seeds numerous. 
Spec. Cuar.—Upper lip of the interior limb of corolla wanting; lower lip erect, spatulate, intire; leaves broad- 
lanceolate-acute, margins membranous, coloured. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Roots perennial, tuberous, stoloniferous, with long cord-like fibres; stems herbaceous, smooth, from ten to 
twelve feet high; leaves alternate, two feet long, broad-lanceolate-acute, equilateral, strongly ribbed, smooth on 
both sides, with a membranous purple margin; petioles concave, sheathing, with a coloured margin ;_ spike 
terminal; flowers erect, alternate, bifarious ; general bracte green ; partial bracte biflorous, green, margins purple ; 
calyx of three lanceolate-acute, unequal segments; exterior limb of the corolla in three unequal segments, 
the central one the shortest, and frequently reflexed ; upper lip of the interior limb wanting ; lower lip broad, 
spatulate, intire; filament resembling the lip in shape and colour, and both of them rolled in at the base, so 
as to form the faux of the flower, which is beautifully spotted with red on an orange ground; style nearly 
the length of the filament; flowers bright orange. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Although this may be considered as only a variety of the denudata, it is a much larger and finer plant, 
not yielding in splendor of appearance to many of the genus. It is a native of Rio de Janciro, and was 
sent by Messrs. Lopprers, of Hackney, to the Botanic Garden at Liverpool, where it has frequently 
flowered. 
REFERENCES. 
1. Interior limb of corolla. 
2. Filament and style. 
3. Lip. 
4. Exterior limb of corolla. 
5. 
. Germen and calyx. 
