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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Kennedya—continued. 7 
obovate-truncate, mucronate ; stipules broad, veined. A slender, 
twining, glabrous species. (B. M. 3956; B. R. 1838.) 
K. inophylla (nerve-leaved). A synonym of K. coccinea. 
K. longiracemosa. See Hardenbergia monophylla. 
K. macrophylla. See Hardenbergia Comptoniana. 
K. monophylla, See Hardenbergia monophylla, 
nigricans (blackish). A. deep violet-purple, almost black, 
with a large, greenish-yellow blotch on the standard. March. 
l., leaflets broadly ovate or rhomboidal, obtuse or emarginate ; 
stipules small, striate, reflexed. 1832, A large twining species. 
(B. M. 3562; B. R. 1715.) 
K. ovata. See Hardenbergia monophylla. 
K. prostrata (prostrate).* É scarlet; peduncles one or two- 
flowered. March to June. /., leaflets 3}in. long, ovate, broadly 
ovate or orbicular, pubescent or hirsute ; stipules broadly cordate, 
acute or acuminate. 1790. SYN. Glycine coccinea (under. which 
name it is figured in B. M. 270). 
K, p. Marryattæ (Mrs. Marryatt’s).* fl. light scarlet; peduncles 
four-flowered. March to June. l., leaflets three, oblong, obtuse, 
undulated ; stipules and bracts cordate. 1834. A free-growing 
twining plant, and, perhaps, the best of all the Kennedyas. 
K. rubicunda (reddish).* fl. of a dull or dark red, in pedunculate 
racemes rarely exceeding the leaves. May. l, leaflets three, 
usually ovate, but varying from broadly-rhomboid obovate or 
almost orbicular, to ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate and acute. 
1788, A large twining species. (B. M. 268, under name of 
Glycine rubicunda.) 
K, Stirlingii (Stirling’s). i. scarlet, on axillary peduncles. May. 
l., leaflets three, ovate-orbicular, very obtuse, usually above lin. 
long ; stipules broadly cordate, usually large and much veined. 
1834. Plant trailing or twining, (B. R. 1845.) 
KENTIA (named in honour of Lieut.-Col. Kent). 
ORD. Palme. A genus comprising six species of orna- 
mental stove palms, natives of New Guinea and the 
Moluceas, allied to Areca. Flowers on branched spikes. 
Leaves terminal, equally pinnatisect ; segments sub-oppo- 
site, linear-lanceolate, acuminate or bidentate. Perhaps 
only a couple of species now retained in the genus are 
in cultivation, and these thrive in a compost of loam 
and peat, in equal proportions, to which may be added a 
little silver sand. They require plenty of pot room, and 
copious supplies of water throughout the summer, both 
at the roots and overhead. When attacked by Red 
Spider or Thrips, the plants must be sponged with soapy 
water. Propagated by imported seeds, which quickly 
germinate in a light sandy soil, if placed on a hotbed, 
K. Baueri. See Rhopalostylis Bat 
Belmoreana, See Howea Belmoreana. 
Canterburyana, See Hedyscepe Canterburyana, 
K. costata (ribbed). . Z. regularly pinnatisect, with very numerous 
linear-lanceolate acuminate segments, in old plants about 10ft. 
long and 3ft. wide. Stems 80ft. to 90ft. high. Spadix branched, 
with erect, fastigiate branches. Aru, &c, f 
K, Forsteriana, See Howea Forsteriana. 
K. gracilis (of Lindley). See Kentiopsis divaricata, 
K. Joannis. See Veitchia Joannis. 
K. Lindeni, See Kentiopsis macrocarpa. 
K. Macarthurii. See Ptychosperma Macarthurii. 
K. robusta, See Cyphosperma Viellardii. 
K. sapida, See Rhopalostylis sapida. 
K. Storckii. See Veitchia Storckii, 
K. Viellardii. See Cyphosperma Viellardii. 
K. Wendlandiana. See Hydriastele Wendlandiana, 
KENTIA, of Steudel. A synonym of Pagreea (which see). 
EKENTIOPSIS (from Kentia, and opsis, resemblance; 
on account of its likeness to Kentia). ORD. Palme. 
A genus containing three species of stove palms, closely 
allied to Kentia (which see for culture). 
K. divaricata (divaricate). 1. pinnate; leaflets leathery, alter- 
nate, when young a fine red colour. A. 30ft. New Caledonia, 
1876. Syn. Kentia gracilis. (I. H.n. s. 409.) i 
K. macrocarpa (large-fruited). l. pinnate, ovate in outline when 
young ; pinnæ somewhat distant, oblong-lanceolate ; petioles red. 
-< Young leaves deep olive-crimson. Stem stout, smooth. New 
Caledonia, 1876. A handsome species, of vigorous habit. SYN. 
 Kentia Lindeni. 
KENTROPHYLLUM (from kentron, a spine, and 
p on, a leaf). ORD. Composite. This genus is 
now included, by the authors of “Genera Plantarum,” 
see). 
Kentrophyllum— continued. 
under Carthamus. Flower-heads surrounded by a number 
of prickly leafy scales. K. arborescens, being a half- 
hardy evergreen shrubby species, requires winter pro- 
tection, and may be increased, during the spring, by 
striking cuttings of the young shoots under a handlight. 
K. arborescens (tree-like). fl.-heads yellow. August. l bright 
green, elongate, lanceolate, amplexicaul, with sinuate spinose- 
dentate margins. h, 6ft, Spain, 1731. (B. M. 3302.) 
KENTUCKY COFFEE-TREE. See Gymno- 
cladus canadensis. 
KEPPLERIA. A synonym of Oncosperma (which 
KERAMANTHUS (from keramos, a jar, and anthos, 
a flower; in allusion to the form of, the calyx), ORD. 
Passifloree, A stove herbaceous perennial, of more bo- 
tanical than horticultural interest. It requires to be 
kept rather dry during the season of rest. 
K. Kirkii (Kirk’s). fl. greenish, tubular. Z, large, ovate, pu- 
bescent. h. 2ft. Zanzibar, 1875. (B. M. 6271.) 
KERMES OAK. See Quercus coccifera. 
EKERRIA (named after M. Kerr, sometime Superin- 
tendent of the Botanic Garden in Ceylon). ORD. Rosacee. 
A genus (one or two species) of slender-branched, twiggy 
shrubs. K. japonica, the only species known to cultiva- 
tion, is a handsome, erect, hardy, deciduous plant. It 
thrives in any good loamy soil. Increased by cuttings 
of the young shoots, inserted under a handlight; by 
layers; or by divisions of the plants. The sort most 
generally seen in cultivation is that with double blossoms; 
the single-flowered form is a much more elegant plant, 
having a very graceful habit, and being nearly always 
in flower. 
Fic. 350. FLOWERING BRANCHLET OF KERRIA JAPONICA 
FLORE-PLENO. 
K, japonica (Japanese).* orange-yellow, solitary, terminal; 
peduncles scarcely }in. — glabrous ; — five, oblong-elli - 
tical, obtuse, spreading. l. alternate, ovate-lanceolate, sharply 
and doubly serrated, conduplicate, stalked, lin. to lin. long, țin. 
