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style flattened, adnate to the base of the staminal-tube, free above. Fruit 

 globose to ovoid, capsular, the seeds globose, hard, black. 



A single- genus in tropical America, some species now ^ distributed in 

 all warm countries. 



1. CANNA Linnaeus 



Characters of the Family. (From the Latin "'cane," probably of Orien- 

 tal origin.) 



Species 30 or more, natives of tropical and subtemperate America, 

 some now found in all warm countries. 



1. Flowers red, less than 12 cm in length. 

 2. Flowers 5 to 6 cm long. 



3. Stems green, usually less than 1.5 m high 1. C. indica 



3. Stems, midribs of the leaves, inflorescence,i and fruits purplish; 



plant 2 to 3 m high 2. C. speciosa 



2. Flowers 10 to 11 cm long. ' 



3. Whole plant green, inflorescence very glaucous 3. C. coceinea 



3. Whole plant purplish or bronzy-purple 4. C. warscewiczii 



1. Flowers yellow, sometimes with small orange dashes 5. C. glauca 



1. Flowers very large, up to 16 cm in length, lemon-yellow blotched and 

 mottled with orange-yellow and reddish-yellow. 



6. C. flaccida X iridiflora 



1. C. INDICA L. Ticas-ticas (Tag.) ; Indian Shot. 



Whole plant green, glabrous, up to 1.5 m in height. Leaves 10 to 30 cm 

 long. Inflorescence somewhat waxy-glaucous. Flowers red, solitary or in 

 pairs, the bracts about 1.3 cm long. Sepals 1 cm long, greenish-white, some- 

 times tinged with red. Corolla-tube about 1 cm long, the lobes red or 

 reddish, about 3 cm long, involute. Staminodes bright-red, the outer one 

 about 4 cm long, somewhat spatulate, acute or slightly acuminate, the 

 others somewhat smaller, the antheriferous one as long as the outer one,, 

 about 5 cm wide, recurved above the insertion pf the anther. Capsules 

 green, oblong-ovoid, softly echinate, 2 to 2.5 cm long. (Fl. Filip. pi. i.) 



Common in waste places, fl. all the year; throughout the Philippines, 

 thoroughly naturalized. ' All tropical countries . probably originating in 

 tropical America. 



2. C. stECiosA Rose. / 



Stems 2 to 3 m high, purplish, as are the midribs, petioles, and margins 

 of the leaves, and the inflorescence, the latter with a glaucous bloom. Leaves 

 up to 35 cm in length. Flowers red, usually solitary, about 5 cm long, 

 the bracts about l'2 mm long. Sepals purplish, erect, about 13 mm long. 

 Petals erect, about 4 cm long, involute. Staminodes red, the outer one 

 spatulate, 4 cm long, toothed at the apex, the others similar but narrower, 

 the antheiiferous one about 5 mm wide, reflexed above the insertion of the 

 anther. Capsules reddish-brown or purplish, up to 3 cm in length. 



Not uncommon in waste places, fl. all the year. A native of tropical 

 America. 



*3. C . COCCINEA Mill. 



Stems about 1.5 m high, green, the inflorescence slightly tinged with 

 purple and with a conspicuous waxy blooin. Leaves 30 to 40 cm in length. 

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