CANNA DENUDATA. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
SECT. I. CANN. 
Gey. Cuar.—Anther single, attached to the margin of the filament ; style erect, club-shaped ; stigma obtuse ; 
capsule three-celled ; seeds numerous. 
Srxc. Cuar.—Upper lip of the interior limb of corolla wanting ; lower lip erect, lanceolate, intire; leaves linear- 
lanceolate. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Roots fibrous and woody; stem slender, smooth, from three to four feet high ; leaves alternate, linear- 
lanceolate, on short petioles, strongly nerved ; general bracte coriaceous, smooth ; partial bracte short, deciduous ; 
spike loose ; calyx of three lanceolate green segments ; exterior limb of the corolla in three unequal segments, the 
middle one the smallest, and frequently reflexed; upper lip of the interior limb wanting; lower lip long, linear, 
intire at the apex, and broader towards the base ; filament petal-like, intire, as long as, and resembling the lip in 
shape and colour, forming with it the appearance of a corolla of two petals; anther linear, slender ; style spatulate, 
pallid, shorter than the filament ; flowers bright red. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
This very singular species of Canna, now first figured, was introduced into the Botanic Garden at Liverpool, 
from the Royal Gardens at Kew, under the name of Canna Gigantea, in October 1820, and has since flowered 
there several times, maintaining the same constant character, in wanting the sections of the upper lip of the corolla, 
the appearance of which is supplied by the size and brilliancy of the other parts. It is also sufficiently distinguished 
from the other species by its frutricose habit, and its long, linear, ribbed, coriaceous leaves. 
REFERENCES. 
1. Intire flower. 
2. Outer limb of corolla. 
3. Filament, anther, style, and stigma. 
4. Germen and calyx. 
5. Lip. 
