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Tkibe II. CANNACBuK — Calyx-tiiie not produced heyond tlie ovary . Anther \-eelled, 

 marifinal on a lateral, petaloid filament : staminodia several. Sac of the embryo disr 

 appearing. — No ligule. 



4. CANNA, I. 



Corolla infundibular. Fstaloid staminodia: one exterior, alternate to the corolla, 

 (rarely 2-partite, or replaced by 2, or wanting ; tbe upper lip, comprising one of the interior 

 staminodia), two interior, one of the latter 2-partite (or replaced by 2), or undivided, 

 inserted into the corolla-throat, the other (the labellum, or lower lip) recurved. Stamen 

 recurved : atither half-adnate. Style spathulate-linear, flattish : stigma truncate. Capsule 

 warty, loculicide, many-seeded: seeds subglobose: embryo straight. — 'Lewe:S devoid of a 

 petiolar tnob ; flowers -usually geminate, in a terminal raceme or corymir^ 



* Flowers red or variegated with yellow. 



11. C. indica, £., ^iV. Leaves ovate, or ovate-oblong, pointed ; segments of the upper 

 lip entire at the top, subequal, lanceolate, erect ; one of the 2 leaflets 2-partite : lower lip 

 entire. — Rose. Monandr. t. 1 . — 3'-4' high ; flowers red, variegated with yellow, about 2" 

 long. — Hab. Jamaica!, JKjrcA; [Cuba! to Venezuela!]. 



13. C. Iiamberti, Lindl. Leaves elliptical, or elliptical-oblong, pointleted, tapering 

 into the sheath ; segments of the upper lip entire at the. top, erect : one of the 2 leaflets 

 S-pai-tite: lateral divisions obovate-spathulate,the middle segment ("sometimes wanting") 

 and lower lip lanceolate, the latter revolute, entire. — Rose. Monandr. t. 2. — 12-14!' high ; 

 flowers crimson, not variegated, about 3" long. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad [Rose.) ; 

 [Guiana]. 



13. C. cocciuea, .^aV. Leaves ovate, or ovate-oblong, mucronate ; larger segments of 

 the -upper lip emarginate, lanceolate, nnegual, erect : the middle segment smaller, linear, 

 (or wanting) : lower lip linear, emarginate. — Rose. Monandr. 1. 11. — C occidentalis. Rose. : 

 a broad-leaved form. C. surinamensis, Miq. I — 4'-6' high ; flowers about 24" long, red, 

 lower lip variegated with yellow. — Hab. Jamaica !, .MareA ; S. Kitts !, Antigua 1, Wulkchl., 

 S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Guiana!]. 



14. C. edulia, Ker. ' " Leaves ovate, or ovate-oblong, mucronate, contracted into 

 the sheath; segments of the upper lip subequal, lanceolate, entire at the top, erect : lower 

 Up linear, emarginate." — Rose. Monandr. t. 5. — C. discolor, Lindl. {Bot. Reg. t. 1231) : 

 a form with purple-stained leaves. — " 8'-12' high, tuberous ; longer pedicels 2-bracteolate 

 below the ovary ; eorolk red, 3" long." — Hab. Trinidad {Lindl.) "[Brazil, Peru]. 



** Flowers yellow. 



15. C. pallida, Rose. Leaves ovate-oblong, or oblong, bluntish, or mucronate : sheath 

 puberulous or glabrescent ; staminodia lanceolate, emarginate : upper lip erect, its 2 leaf- 

 lets equal, mostly undivided. — Rose. Monandr. t. 19, 20. — C. maculata, Lk. : a broad- 

 leaved form. C. Buckei, Weinm. .?— 2i'-4' high ; flowers 2" long, yeUow, lower lip with 

 orange spots. — Hab. Jamaica !, March; S. Kitts, Els., Barbadoes {Rose). 



16. C. glaupa, L. Leaves large, dliptioal-lanceolate, acuminate, long-tapering into the 

 sheath, glaucous ; segments of the upper lip obovaterspathulate, equal, entire, ascending : 

 one of the 2 leaflets 2-partite : lower lip oblong-linear, emarginate.— Rose. Monandr. t. 7. 

 —6' high; flowers ydlow, not variegated, 3" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, March; Trinidad!, 

 O. ; [Guiana!]. 



5. CALATHEA, Mey. 

 (Phrynium, Paepp., Fndl., non KSrnick.) 

 Corolla^tuie mform: limb spreading. Petaloid staminodia : one exterior, alternate to 

 the corolla (lower lip, or labellum, rarely wanting) ; two interior, opposite it, irregular 

 (upper lip) : one of them adhering to the stamen by a callous appendage, the other cucuUate, 

 induding the style. Stamen petaloid .■ " anther half-adnate." Style mcurved : stigma round 

 shortly Ippendiculate. Capsule 3-seeded : seeds cylindrical : embryo cnrved.-Leaves wtth 

 a cylmdncal knob at the top of the petiole ; flowers in spikes or heads. 



