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EIDLEY. 
base to the staminal tube, free above, linear-oblong. Capsule oblong or 
globose, echinate. Seeds large, globose, exarillate. 
Species 20 or 30, tropical American, a few species now widely dispersed in 
the tropics of the World in a half-wild condition. I doubt if any of the species 
of the genus are indigenous to the Old World. Ganna indica Linn, occurs all 
over the tropics near villages, and similarly met with, but less abundant, are 
Ganna edulis, G. glauca, and C. Warszewiczii. 
1. C. indica Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1, in part: Roxb. As. Research. 9: 322; 
FI. Ind. 1 (1820) 1. 
G. orientalis Rose. Monandr. PI. (1828) t. 12. 
Stems 1 to 2 m tall. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, broad, acute or 
acuminate. Racemes 15 to 25 cm long, the flowers red, in pairs, the 
pedicels short. Bract thin, oblong, white, truncate, 1 cm long. Brac- 
teoles two, smaller, ovate, acute, thin, white. Calyx lobes three, lan- 
ceolate, acute, greenish. Corolla-tube as long. Petals lanceolate, acute, 
red, about 4 cm long. Staminodes spathulate, unequal, bright-red, 5 
cm long, nearly 1 cm wide. Lip recurved, linear-oblong, emarginate 
or not, 3.5 cm long, red, or with a central yellow band with red streaks. 
Stamen linear, shorter, about 2 cm long. Style linear, oblong. Capsule 
oblong. 
Luzon, Province of Pampanga, Bolster Ifi : Province of Tayabas, Whitford 551: 
Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 2012 Borden: Manila, Merrill GO. Batanes Islands, 
Bur. Bci. SHF F6nix. Negros, For. Bur. 5237 Everett. Palawan, Bur. Sci. 
231 Bermejos. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 188. 
2. C. glauca Rose. Monandr. PI. (1828) t. 13. 
Stem 1.5 to 2 m tall. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, margined with 
white. Inflorescence branched, with long glaucous sheaths on the 
branches. Bracts glaucous, broadly ovate, thin. Calyx-lobes oblong, 
rounded, 1 cm long. Corolla-tube as long, the lobes linear, acute, nearly 
5 cm long, yellow. Staminodes oblong, dilated a little upward. Lip 
oblong, cuneate, retuse, 6 cm long, 1 cm wide, yellow, with faint reddish 
splashes. Stamen linear, nearly 3 cm long. Style linear, equally long. 
All yellow. 
Manila, Merrill s. n., with C. indica , but rarer. 
MUSACEiE. 
21. MUSA Linn. 
Tall herbs with broad, oblong leaves of great size; sheaths very large, 
enwrapping each other. Inflorescence terminal, racemose, with large, 
ovate bracts. Flowers unisexual, the females at the base, the males at 
the apex, in short half-circles on a stout rachis. Calyx tubular, 3- to 
5-toothed, split down one side. Corolla as long, tubular. Stamens 5, 
perfect, the sixth rudimentary or absent. Filaments filiform. Anthers 
