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3. C. spectab'ile, (Salis.) Stem leafy. Leaves ovate-lanceolate 

 plaited, entire, pubescent, sheathing at the base. Flowers 2—3, large 

 outer segments broad, oval, the two interior lineardanceolate, white 

 lobe of the style white, with red spots. Lip longer than the petals, 

 cleft in front.— White and purple. If. May — June. Mountains. 2 

 —3 feet. 



4. C. hu'mile, (Salis.) Stem pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, nerved, 

 pubescent. Flowers solitary. L>ip large, cleft in front, pubescent; the 

 outer segments brownish-purple, the interior narrower and twisted. — 

 Purple, striped. 2f. May — June. Rocky soils. Middle and upper 

 Car. and Geo. 6 — 12 inches. 



Genus XVL— EPIDEN'DRUM. L. 18—1. 

 (From the Greek epi, upon, and dendron, a tree.) 



Segments of the perianth spatulate, expanding. Lip 3-lobed 

 at the summit, the middle segment obtuse. Column with the 

 lip united into a tube. Pollen masses 4, parallel, divided by- 

 persistent partitions. 



1. E. conop'seum, (Ait.) Root fibrous, adhering to the barks of trees ; 

 branches short, alternate. Leaves lanceolate, acute, succulent, entire, 

 generally two on each branch, sheathing at the base. Flowers in a 

 terminal raceme ; extei'ior segments of the perianth lanceolate, the in 

 terior cuneate, smaller. Anther operculate. — Yellow, tinged with pur- 

 ple. Aug. — Sept. On the barks of trees along the sea-coast of Car. 

 and Geo. 



Order CXXIIL— MARANTA'CE^E or CANNA'CE^E. 

 {Arrow-root Family.) 



Sepals 3, superior, short. Corolla tubular, irregular, in two 

 whorls ; the outer 3-parted, nearly equal, the inner irregular. 

 Stamens 3, with only one fertile petaloid. Ovary 3-celled ; 

 ovules solitary and erect, or numerous. Style petaloid or 

 swollen. Fruit capsular. Seed round. Embryo straight. 

 Herbaceous plants, with creeping roots. Leaves simple, sheath- 

 ing. Flowers spathaceous. 



Genus I.— CAN'NA. L. 1—1. 

 (Celtic name for a cane.) 



Calyx 3-leaved, superior. Corolla with a long tube, the 

 margin 6-parted ; the three exterior segments reflexed, two of 

 the inner ones obovate, undulate, the other one very large ; 

 margin reflexed, nearly round. Style ensiform. Stigma lin- 

 ear, attached to the margin of the style. Capsule globose, 3- 

 celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. 



1. C. flac'cida, (Rose.) Stem glabrous, terete. Leaves alternate, 

 lanceolate, large, membranaceous, glabrous, with a long sheath at the 



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