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CANNA unpica, var. maculata, 
Indian Shot: spotted-flowered variety, 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nar. Orv. CANN. 
Gen. Cuar.—Anthera simplex, margini filamenti petaloidis affixa. Stylus 
spathulatus, adnatus tubo coroll ; stigma lineare. Capsula trilocularis, 
trivalvis, semina plura.—Roxburgh. 
Canna indica; foliis petiolatis anguste-ovatis, corolle limbo interiore tri- 
fido, laciniis inzequalibus lanceolato-spathulatis acutis erectis, labello 
lineari recurvato. 
C. indica, Roscor, in Linn. Trans: v. viii. p. 338.—AITON, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 
v. i. p. 1. 
8. Floribus flavis rubro-maculatis. 
Plant 4 feet or more in height ; stems erect, simple. Leaves about 8 inches 
long, ovate, or somewhat inclining to lanceolate, acuminate at the point, 
and tapering down into a more or less sheathing footstalk at the base. 
The upper leaves broadly oval. 
Flowers in a scarcely compounded terminal raceme. Pedicels hardly any. 
Bracteas ovate, greenish. Germen subglobose, green, Ca- 
lyx of 3 greenish, ovate, erect leaflets, pale at the margin. Exterior limb 
of the corolla of 3 lanceolate, acuminated, carinated. nts, of a red- 
dish-brown colour, green at the extremity. Inner limb of the corolla 
having the upper lip of three erect, une between lanceolate and spa- 
thulate, acute, entire segments, of a yellow color, spotted with red: the 
intermediate segment the narrowest. linear, revolute, spotted 
like the labellum, yellow, with a few spots of red, erect, revolute only at 
the extremity. Anther linear, yellow. Style linear, erect, of one uniform 
tawny colour. 
Formerly, every individual of this genus which was culti- 
vated in our gardens, went under the ion of Canna in- 
dica; now, this name is scarcely so much as spoken of, and 
the true species thus designated seems to be almost unknown. 
| By the true species, I would be understood to mean weiss 
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