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Karatas—continued. 
lin. or more wide, spinulose-serrate at margin. A. lft. (B. M. 
5502, under name of Billbergia olens.) 
Fig. 358. KARATAS HUMILIS. 
K. ach umieri (Plumier’s). . oval, 
3 Jl. pink, sessile, te. 
in number, — in a heap or cen group. 
surrounded by paleaceous expanded leaves or bracts, and 
containing a succulent whitish or yellowish flesh under a coria- 
ceous and yellowish bark. Z. 6ft. to 7ft: long, radical, subulate- 
linear, sharp-pointed, spiny-edged. A. 2ft. West Indies, 1739. 
SYNS. Bromelia Karatas and B. sceptrum. 
Fic. 359. KARATAS SCHEREMETIEWI. 
K. Scheremetiewi (Scheremetiew’s). jl. white, blue. J. green; 
floral ones bright red, much shorter than the outer ordinary 
leaves. h. 6in. to12in. Probably Brazil. SYNS. Caraguata ser- 
rata, Nidularium Scheremetiewi, See Fig. 359. (R. H. 1875, 230.) 
K. spectabilis (showy). fl. blood-red, white, pale violet-blue, 
in a crowded, terminal, flat-topped fascicle. l. about lft. long by 
liin. to 2in. broad, broadly strap-shaped, from a broad sheathing 
base, slightly concave; margin with small, remote, spiny teeth ; 
upper surface dark green, except the tip, which presents a bright, 
blood-red patch jin. deep on both surfaces; under surface 
covered with alternate transverse bands of dull green or pur- 
plish and dirty white. A. lft. Brazil. (B. M. 6024, under name 
of Nidularium spectabile.) 
KARELINIA. Now included under Pluchea (which 
see). 
KAULFUSSIA (named after Dr. G. F. Kaulfuss, 
a Professor of Botany at Halle, who died in 1830). 
Orp. Filices. A curious and very variable stove fern. 
Sori composed of from ten to fifteen sessile sporangia, 
arranged in concrete raised circular masses, hollow in 
the centre. For culture, see Ferns. 
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Kaulfussia—continued. 
K. æsculifolia (Chestnut-leaved). sti. 1ft. to Lift. 1 
at the base. fronds ternate or quinate-digitate ; tes —— 
the — oblong-spathulate, 6in to 
1Zin. long, 3in. to 4in. broad, edge sub- 
entire; others similar but smaller. sori 
copious, scattered. Assam, Malay Is- 
lands, &c. The frond is like a Chestnut 
leaf, and the under surface is dotted 
over with copious stomata-like pores. 
The plant usually known as Kaulfussia 
amelloites is Charieis heterophylla 
KAURI PINE. See Dammara 
australis. > 
KEELED. Shaped like the keel 
of a boat; that is to say, with a 
sharp projecting ridge, arising from 
a flat or concave central plate ; e.g., 
the leaves of sedges, and of many 
Liliaceous plants. 
 KEFERSTEINIA. Now in- 
cluded under Zygopetalum (which 
see). 
EKELLETTIA. 
Prockia (which see). } 
KELP. The mineral residue or 
ash obtained by burning different 
kinds of seaweed. It was formerly 
. of great commercial value and importance, as the source 
of the carbonate of soda used in glass and soap making, 
&c. From the quantity of potash which Kelp contains 
(17:5 per cent.), and the importance of this as an in- 
gredient of soils, its value is at once apparent. It has 
been applied, with more or less success, to crops of 
Potatoes, Broccoli, Cabbage, &c. 
KENNEDYA (named after an English nurseryman). 
Orv. Leguminose. A genus comprising eleven species 
of twining or prostrate, greenhouse perennial herbs, from 
Australia. Flowers red or nearly black, showy, on axillary 
peduncles, racemose, sub-umbellate or solitary. Legumes 
linear, compressed. Leaves pinnate, trifoliolate, rarely one 
or five-foliolate, stipellate; stipules broad, striated, some- 
times very broad and connate. Kennedyas are fast-grow- 
ing plants, well adapted for training up greenhouse pillars _ 
or rafters. They may be readily propagated from seeds, 
which are usually produced in great abundance, and may 
be sown in spring or summer; or from cuttings of rather 
firm side shoots, inserted at the same season, in peaty soil, 
and placed in a close, warm frame. Kennedyas may be 
grown in pots and trained over trellises if desired, but 
they succeed better when planted out, in a greenhouse, in 
a compost of peat and loam. Plenty of water should be 
given in spring and summer, but not much will be neces- 
sary in winter, when the plants are at rest. An ordinary 
greenhouse temperature will be sufficiently high. Insects, 
especially Scale and Mealy Bug, are frequently very 
troublesome, and as the numerous growths become so 
much entwined, it is difficult to effect a clearance. 
Taking the whole plant down, and thoroughly cleans- 
ing it with an insecticide before being replaced, is the 
best plan. An occasional syringing with petroleum and 
water proves a good preventive against the attacks of 
Bug. K. prostrata Marryattie is one of the best of green- 
house twining plants, and, as its leaves and stems are 
downy, it is seldom attacked by insects of any description. 
K. coccinea (scarlet). fl. scarlet; peduncles bearing three to 
nine flowers, in an umbellate head. May to August. l barng 
three obovate leaflets; stipules lanceolate, spreading. 1805, 
Syn. K. inophylla. a 
K. Comptoniana. See Hardenbergia Comptoniana, 
K. cordata. See Hardenbergia monophylla. 
K. eximia (choice). fl. scarlet, two, three, or more together in 
an umbel or very shortraceme. l., leaflets three, ovate or obovate, 
very obtuse. Plant prostrate or twining. (P. M. B. xvi. 35.) 
K. brata (glabrous). fl. scarlet, several together in a small 
—2* on axillary peduncles. l., leaflets three, cuneate or 
2 F 
A synonym of 
