576 MAUANTACKiE. 



Canna, L. {Spreng. syst. \,p. 3, No. 1 ; — Endl. gen.pl. \,p. 227.) Indian 

 Shot. 



1. Lamberti, Lindl, {B. Reg. 6, t. 470 ; — Spreng. syst. I, p. 7, andjo. 9. 

 — C. indica, Ruiz and Pav. ; not L.) %. Peru. Introduced in 1841. 



2. patens, Roscoe. (Scit. ; — Spreng. I. c. and p. 9 ; — B. Reg. 7, t. 576.) — 

 C. indica j3. patens, Ait. — C. indica, Curt. B. M. 13, t. 454, not L. 

 and excl. syn.) 2^. St. Helena ? Fl. large, calyx pale-green ; exterior 

 limb of the corol in three yellow-greenish segments ; upper lip of the 

 interior limb deep red, lower lip yellow with red spots, R. S. 



3. coccinea, Roscoe. {Scit. ; — Spreng. syst. I. c. — C. indica "y. coccinea, 

 Wilid. — C. rubra (indica y. coccinea,) Willd. — C. speciosa, major, 

 Hegetschweiler Com. bat. t. \,f. 7.) % S. America. Fl. large; calyx 

 pale-red ; outer limb of the corol flesh-coloured ; upper lip of the in- 

 ner limb scarlet, lower lip yellow with scarlet spots. H. and R. S. ; 

 fr. C. S. 



4. lutea, Roscoe. (Spreng. I. c. undp. 9 ,— B. M. 46, t. 2085 ;— 7. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 211, excl. syn. B. Reg. — C. indica, p. lutea. Ait.') % 

 S. America ? Fl. large, yellow, with large brownish-rush-coloured spots, 

 R. S. 



d.gigantea, Redoute. (Lil. 331; — B. Reg. 3, t. 206; — B.M.49,t. 

 2316 ; — Spreng. I. c. under C. patens. — C. latifolia, Roscoe ; — Spreng. 

 0. c. p. 9;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 211.) % S. America. Fl. very 

 large, scarlet, C. S. 



6. polymorpha, Lodd. (Bat. Cab.) % S. America. Has been introduced 

 into the garden here. Not known to us. 



7. limbata, Roscoe. {Scit. ; — B. Reg. 10, t. 771 ; — Spreng. syst. I, p. 9. 

 — C auro-vittata, Lodd. B. Cab.) % Brazil. Fl. large ; calyx pale- 

 green ; outer limb of corol pale-yellow ; upper lip of the inner limb 

 bright scarlet with orange margins ; lower lip red-spotted, Feb. and 

 March. 



8. speciosa, Roscoe. {B. M. 49, t. 2317 ;— 5. Reg. 15, t. 1276;— J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 211 ; — Spreng. syst. 1, p. 9. — C. nepalensis. 

 Wall. Cat.;—J. Grah. o. c. p. 212.) 2|. Nepal. Fl. large; calyx 

 bright-red ; outer limb of the corol deep-red ; upper lip of the inner 

 limb bright-red with yellow claws ; lower lip yellow at base, red to- 

 wards apex, nearly the whole year ; fr. C. S. 



9. indica, L. {Roxb. fl. ind. \,p. \ ; ed. Carey, \,p. I ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. 

 pi. p. 211 ; excl. syn. Ait., Roscoe, B. Cab., B. Reg., and B. M. — 

 C. orientalis, Roscoe Scit. — C. chinensis, Willd.; — Rheed. 11, t. 43 ; 

 Rumph. 5, ^ 71,/. 2.) ^it^I ^^^5t^ Lal-surbo-juya. % Common 

 all over India. Fl. large, bright scarlet, and fr. nearly throughout 

 the year. 



/3. flava, Roxb. {I. c. — C. orientalis, j3. flava, Roscoe Scit.) C^ 

 JR 'S^l Shwet-surho-juya. Fl. pale-yellow. Equally common 

 with a. 



