CANNA

(Lat), n. f. Ka3n(ka3n)'na. Heb., kaneh. Gr.,Kdvva. Fr.. canne (1st def.), bahsier (2d def.). Ger., Rohr (1st def.), Blumenrohr (2d def.). It., c. Sp., can a. 1. Anciently, a cane or any hollow vegetable stalk, also the genus Arundo, the tibia, the fibula, and any tubular article. 2. Of Linnseus, a genus of maranta ceo us... r LVJ..X*^UJ. j.iiw twvsuti cte> j a, i i 1 1 1 1 i/u iili IIIM! ill - row-root, perhaps identical with C. edulis, which also is said to be termed achiras. [B, 5, 121, 270.] C. an gust i folia [Linnseus]. A Brazilian species. The tubers are edible, and the plant is said to be used as a diaphoretic and excitant, especially in rheumatism. [B, 180.] C. arrow-root. See C. starch. C. aurantiaca. An ornamental species said to have properties like those of C. edulis and C. indica. [B, 121.] C. cargaima. In pharmacy, the Arundo donax. [B, 121, 180.] C. coccinea [Aiton, RoscoeJ. One of the species said to furnish c. starch. [B. 121, 270.] C. dei giardini (It.). The Arundo donax. [B.j-C. discolor. A cultivated species said to have properties like those of C. edulis and C. indica. [B, 121.] C. domestic a cruris, C. domestic a major cruris. See C. major. C. edulis [Ker]. Fr., balisier comestible. A species indigenous to Peru and Brazil and cultivated in the West Indies. The tuberous rhizomes, which are eaten like potatoes, are probably the source of c. starch. [B, 81, 121.] C. fistula. The Ca ia fistula. [L, 84.] C. glauca. A cultivated species said to have properties resembling those of C. edulis and C. indica. [B, 121.] C. gutturis. The trachea. [Caelius Aurelian us (A, 318).] C. hispanic a. In pharmacy, the Arundo donax. [B, 180.] C. indica [Linnaeus]. Fr., canne Congo (ou delude), balisier des Indes,faux sweeter, gingembre (ou safran) marron. Indian shot (from the hard and shin THE CANNA INDICA. [A, 327.] ing seeds); a shrub growing throughout the tropics, having many varieties. The rhizome (radix cannce indices) is said to be acrid and stimulant when raw. It is used in India in veterinary practice, and is said to be employed in the West Indies as a diuretic and diaphoretic, especially in skin diseases and gonorrhoea. Emollient cataplasms are also made from it. [B, 121, 172, 173, 180.] C. lutea [Roscoe]. An East Indian species. The tubers are edible. [B, 121, 180.] C. major. The tibia. [A, 322; L, 31.] C. minor. The fibula. [A, 322; L, 31, 97, 115.] C. odorifera. The Acorus calamus. [B, 88, 121.] C. oriental is [Roxburgh]. A species referred to C. indica. The juice of the fruit is used for earache and in the treatment of the after-effects of corrosive sublimate. [B, 172, 180.] C. pal ust ri . The Arundo phragmites (Phragmites communis). [B, 88, 121.] C. paniculata [Ruiz and Pavon]. A Peruvian species with edible tubers. [B, 180.] C. pulmonis. The trachea. [L, 119.] C. speciosa [Roscoe]. A species supposed to furnish the rhizome, resembling turmeric, used by the natives of the Sierra Leone as a yellow dye. [W. F. Daniell, " Pharm. Jour, and Trans.," Nov., 1859, p. 258 (A, 308).] C. starch. Lat., amylum cannon. Fr., to us-les-mois, amidon de canne. Ger., C's tdrke. Queensland arrow-root, tulema, tolomane; a starch derived from the tuberous rhizomes of some species of C., probably C. edulis and perhaps also C. achiras, C. coccinea, and C. indica; a white, satiny powder composed of large, somewhat flattened, ovate or oblong granules with an inconspicuous hilum surrounded by a number of concentric rings. It contains 17 per cent, of water. Boiled with water, it forms a tenacious jelly le transparent thai that formed by ordinary arrow-root. [B, 81.] C. variabilis [Willdenow]. The C indica. [B, 173.] Siroppo di c. (It.). Of the Sard. Ph., a solution O, no; O2, not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th", the; U, like oo in too; 103 [s. 59]