412 BANANA FAMILY. , 



* * Leaves margined, or marked by bands running lengthwise the blade. 



■*- Leaf margined with green, the face blotched. 



C: Makoyana, E. Morr. (Maranta oli vAris) . Leaves small for the genus 

 (6'-8'long), oblong, mostly unequilateral ; central part of the leaf semi- 

 transparent and blotched with deep green between the veins, intermediate 

 portion blotched with dull yellow and white ; leaf stalks purplish. 



■i- -i- Leaf more or less regularly banded lengthwise. 



C. rdsea-plcta, Regel. Leaves nearly orbicular, rich glossy green, 

 banded between the midrib and margin by a rose-colored zone ; midrib 

 rose-colored. 



C. Vandenheckei, Regel. Leaves rich dark green above, with lighter 

 transverse shades, purplish beneath ; midrib broadly margined with sil- 

 very-white, and the face marked by two bands of the same color. 



C. Warscewlczii, Kcern. Leaves large (often 2° long), velvety-green, 

 with a feathery stripe of yellow-green running from base to apex upon 

 either side of the midrib. 



4. CANNA, INDIAN SHOT. (Name obscure.) The 3 small green 

 leaves which remain on the capsule are the sepals. The showy parts 

 of the flower, inside the petals, are the petal-like staminodia, the upper 

 two or three of which are very prominent. Tropical (mostly American) 

 plants, now much used in lawn decorations. The cultivated forms, 

 which are much confused, are chiefly from the following : 



* Corolla lobes and staminodia united into a short tube, the two or three 



upper staminodia being developed. 



+- Upper staminodia 3. 



C. Indica, Linn. Ikdian Shot. First species introduced ; stem slender, 

 glabrous and green, 3°-5° high ; leaves oblong, acute, green, lower ones 

 a foot long ; lowers in a loose, simple raceme, with suborbicular green 

 bracts ; sepals green ; petals pale green, lanceolate, 1 J' or less long ; 

 staminodia bright red, lip reddish-yellow, spotted with red. The Cannas 

 known as C. limbata or a{jreo-vittAta (the upper staminodia red bor- 

 dered with yellow), and C. coccinea (with red-tinged sepals and petals, 

 and often bordered staminodia) are evidently forms of this species. 



C. latifblia, Miller (C. gigantea). Stem very stout, often 10° or more 

 high, pubescent ; leaves oblong and acute, green, the lower ones some- 

 times 3°-4° long; flowers in a lax racemed panicle, the lower bracts 

 brown and several inches long, but the uppermost oblong and green, and 

 becoming less than an inch in length ; sepals small, oblong, green ; petals 

 2' long, lanceolate, red-tinged; staminodia oblanceolate, bright red, 

 large, the lip plain red and notched at the apex. 



C. glaOca, Linn. Stem 5°-6°, green and glaucous, as are the leaves ; 



the latter oblong-lanceolate and very acute, the lower ones 1J° long; 



racemes lax, either simple or forked ; sepals lanceolate, small, green ; 



petals 2' or less long, lanceolate, yellowish-green ; staminodia clear pale 



yellow, 3' or less long, the lip linear and notched, pale yellow. C. Anmsi 



is an offshoot or hybrid of this, and was the parent of many of the older 



tall Cannas. „ . ,. „ . 



H- +- Upper staminodia usually 2. 



C. lOtea, Miller. (Comprising C. pallida with the upper staminodia 

 pale yellow and red-spotted ; and C. aurantIaca with red-tinged petals, 

 upper staminodia and lip bright reddish-yellow, the lip spotted with red.) 

 Stems slender, green and glabrous, 3°-4° high ; leaves green, oblong and 



