> MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
II J I. Native I 
SorilS Name. 2| || | 2| Country. r | g ;| | 
1. CAN'NA. W'. Indian Shot. Cannece. Sp. 17—20. 
1 patens Mosc. spreading i | or 2 my R.v Rio Jan. 1778. R 
2 indica ^osc. common □ or 2 ja.d R India 1570. R 
/3 maculdta spotted ^ □ or 2 ja.d R.Y India ... R 
3 coccinea Rose. scarlet j£ □ or 2 ja.d S S. Amer. 1731. R 
4 lutea Rose. yellow □ or 2 ja.d Y E. Indies 1629. R 
5 Lamberti Zmd Lambert's □ or 4 my S Trinidad 18i9. R 
6 gigantca R. L. gigantic j£ □ or 5 d.ja R.Y S. Amer. 1809. R 
7 occidentalis Rose, western £ □ or 3 s.d R.Y W.Indies 1822. R 
8 limbata Rose. bordered □ or 3 ja.d R Brazil 1818. R 
9 variabilis W. variable O or 3 ja.d R India 1822. R 
10 rubra W. red □ or 3 ja.d R.Y W. Indies 1820. R 
11 rubricaulis Lk. red-stemmed □ or 3 ray R 1821. R 
12 edulis B. R. eatable ^ □ or 3 s.d R Peru 1820. R 
13 speciosa B. M. shewy □ or 3 au.s R 1820. R 
14 pedunculata B. M. stalked 1^ □ or 6 s.d O 1820. R 
15 flaccida Rose. flaccid O or 5 jl R S. Carol. 1788. R 
16 glauca Rose. glaucous O or 2 jn.au Y S. Amer. 1732. R 
ft rufa rufous ^ O or 2 jn.au Br S. Amer. ... R 
17 iridiflura F/. Per. nodding .flow. □ or 6 d.ja R Peru 1816. R 
2. MARAN'TA. W. Arrow Root. Cannece. Sp. 7—20. 
18 arundinacea W. Indian □ or 2 jl.au W S. Amer. 1732. R 
19 obliqua Rudge. oblique if □ or 2 d R Guiana 1803. R 
20 lutea Jacq. yellow £ □ or 2 jn.jl Y.w Caraccas 1809. R 
21 angustifolia B. M. narrow-leaved £ □ or 2 jl.au R W. Indies 1820. R 
22 T(Snchat JV. ovate □ or 8 jl.au R E. Indies 1819. R 
23 gibba L. K. gibbous £ □ or 4 au O E. Indies 1818. R 
24 comosa W. close-spiked □ or 2 jn.jl Y.w Surinam 1812. R 
3. CALATHE'A. Mey. Calathea. Cannece. Sp. 1—4. 
25 zebrina Lind. striped-leaved □ or 2 ja.d R.Y Brazil 1815, R 
Marunta zebrina B. M. 
4. THA'LIA. W. Thalia. Cannece. Sp. 1—2. 
28 dealbata Rose. mealy * l_l or 4 jl.au W S. Carol 1791. R 
5. PHRY'NIUM. W. Phrynium. Cannece. Sp. 2. 
27 capitatum TV. headed O or 5 WE. Indies 1807. R 
28 dichotomum Roxb. forked £ CZI or 5 jl.au W E. Indies 1810. R 
6. HEDY'CHIUM. W. Garland Flowers. Scitaminece. Sp. 9—14. 
29 coronarium Roxb. sweet-scented j£ □ or 5 jn.s Y E. Indies 1791. R 
30 angustifcMium Rox. scarlet □ or 5 jn.s S E. Indies 1815. R 
31 elatum Br. tall □ or 5 jn.d Y E. Indies 1818. R 
32 Gardnerianum Wall. Gardner's if CZl or 7 jn.au Y E. Indies 1819. R 
33 flavescens B. C. pale-yellow if □ or 6 jn Y India 1822. R 
34 spicatum B. M. spiked □ or 3 jn Y E. Indies 1810. R 
35 gracile Roxb. slender ^ □ or 3 jn W Bengal 1823. R 
Se fi?LV\xm Roxb. yellow j£ □ or 3 jn.au Y Nepal 1822. R 
37 heterom.allumi?.i?. variable i£ □ or 3 jn.au Y India 1822. R 
Class I, 
Reference to 
Figures. 
r.m Bot. reg. 576 
r.m Red. lil. 201 
r.m Hook. ex. fl. 53 
r.m Bot. mag. 452 
r.m Bot. mag. 2085 
r.m Bot. reg. 470 
r.m Bot. reg. 206 
r.m Bot. reg. 772 
r.m Bot. reg. 771 
r.m 
r.m 
r.m 
r.m Bot. reg. 775 
r.m Bot. mag. 2317 
r.m Bot. mag. 2323 
r.m Sal. st. ra. 3. t. 2 
r.m Ex. b. 2. t. 102 
r.m Bot. mag. 2302 
r.m Bot. mag. 1968 
Bot. mag. 2307 
Ru. p. g. p. 8. t. 2 
Jac. ic. r. 2. 201 
Bot. mag. 2398 
Rumph. 4. t. 7 
s.p Bot reg. 385 
p.l Bot. mag. 1690 
s.l As. r. 11. t. 3 
s.l 
Bot. mag. 708 
Bot. reg. 157 
Bot. reg. 526 
Bot. reg. 771 
Bot. cab. 723 
Bot. mag. 2300 
Bot. cab. 604 
Bot. reg. 767 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
1. Canna. From a Celtic word signifying a cane or mat. Le Balisier, Fr. Blumenrohr, Ger. Canna, Ital. 
The first three species are found wild within the tropics on all the continents, and chiefly in moist woods, or 
spongy woody wastes : in America and the Brazils, they are known by the name of wild plantain, and their 
leaves are used as envelopes for many objects of commerce ; from which circumstance, the French name of the 
plant {balisier) is said to have arisen ; balija being Spanish for an envelope. Clusius says he saw the C. lutea 
flowering by house-sides in Spain and Portugal, and that the inhabitants there use the seed for making their 
rosaries : in the East Indies the seeds are sometimes used as shot. The roots of C. edulis are eaten, dressed in 
various ways, in Peru. The seeds of.most of the species are round, hard, black, shining, heavy, and about 
one sixteenth of an inch diameter. These grow readily, or the plants may be propagated by dividing the 
roots ; Miller recommends rich garden earth ; Sweet {Bot. Cultiv. p. 34.) light rich soil for all the species. Most 
of these, if planted in a warm border early in summer, will flower there during the season. 
2. Maranta. So named from Bartholomeo Maranti, a Venetian physician, who wrote three books chiefly to 
illustrate Diosc. ; died 1554. Galangre, Fr. Galgant, Ger. The M. arundinacea is called Indian arrow-root, 
because its thick fleshy root was thought to extract the poison from wounds inflicted by the poisoned 
arrows of the Indians. In the West Indies it is used as an alexipharmic, to resist the force of poisons ; 
