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211 
i479. C. ? 
Banks of the Kali-nadi river, 8. M. Country—discovered by Mr, Law, C. 
S. 1837. 
682. GLOBBA, Willd. Monandria Monogynia. 
Said te be the Molucca name. 
1480. G. Marantina. Rox, Flora. 1. p. 77. Colebrookia bulbifera. Don, 
Hort. Exet. Bot. 2. ¢. 103. 
‘Native of the Moluccas. Flowers in terminal spikes, slender, bright 
yellow. They are by no means fragrant as stated by Roxburgh. N. 
1481. G. Careyana. Rox, Flora. Ind. |. p. 80. Bot. Cab. ¢. 691. 
Flowers small, of a deep erange celour, racemes terminal bulbiferous; 
native of Pegu. 
1482. G. Expansa. Wall. 
All the three species were introduced by N. 
The Scitaminee recommend themselves to notice not only on account of 
the curious structure and beauty of their flowers, but also for the valuable 
medicinal and ecenomical properties which the seeds and roots of several of 
them possesy. 
ORDER 189. MARANTACE. 
THE Arrow Root TriBeE. Lind. nat. syst. p. 267. 
683. CANNA-:1L, Monandria Monogynia. 
From the Hebrew, for areed or cane. Lam. Ill. v. 1. t. Gaert. Fruct. v.1.. 
¢. 12, 
1483. C. Inpica. Rex. Flora, 1. p, 1.—C.indica. Var. rubra. Aiton. Hort.. 
Kew. C. coccinea, Roscoe: Bot. Mag. t. 454.—Katu-bala. Rheed. Mal. 11. ¢_ 
43. Bot. Cab. ¢. 739. Cannacorus. Rumph. Amb. 5.¢. 71. f. 2. Moris Hist 
3. t: 14. f.l.and 6. Bot. Reg. t. 776. 
Dewa-Keli,-—Nana- Keli.— Vana- Keli.—Surba-jurga.— Krishna tamara, — 
_ Akulbuera. 
— (Ahern f Ow ° n 
Z*-Common Indian Bead. or Shot; so named from the resemblance the seeds. 
have to small shot. 
In gardens every where, and in flower the gratest part of the year, native 
of Asia, Africa and America. Its leaves are used to thatch houses with in 
Cayenne, The seeds dye a beautiful but nota durable purple. Rees. Cyc. 
in loco. 
: 1484. C. Fraccipa. Roscoe. Scitam. Ic. Dill. Elth. ¢. 59. f. 60. Salisb 
con. ¢. 2. 
A native of moist places in Carolina,—introduced.—A distinct species 
from C. glauca. See Roscoe in Linn, Trans.11. p. 272.—The flowers are large, 
of a very pale yellow, in short thick spikes, 
1485. C. Grauca, Linn. Smith’s. Exot. Bot. ¢. 102. Bot. Mag. ¢. 2302 
V ar rufa, buff-colored, and ¢. 3437. Var. rubrolutea. yellow with red spots 
introduced by Dr. David White in 1815. 
Common in gardens, anative of South America and the West Indies. 
1486. C. Latiroxia. Roscoe. C. gigantea. Sims. Bot. Mag. ¢. 2316. Bot. 
Reg’ ¢. 206. Redoute Liliac. f. 331. 
Stem 3 or 4 feet high, flowers Scarlet. 
1487. C.Speciosa. Roscoe. Bot, Mag. t. 2317. Nepaul Canna. 
4488. C. Lutea. Roscoe. Linn. Trans. 8. p, 338. Bot. Mag. ¢. 2084. Bot. 
Reg. t. 773. Yellow Indian Canna, 
