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Kerria—continued. 
to lin. wide, —— green, shining, and almost glabrous above, 
paler and slightly hairy beneath. h. 3ft. to 4ft. Japan, 1700. 
(B. R. 1873; 8: B. F, G. ser. ji. 337.) In addition to the single 
and double-flowered (see Fig. 360) sorts, there is a very pretty 
form, —— the leaves variegated with sea-green, creamy-white, 
and pure white, 
KETELEERIA. Included under Abies. 
KIDNEY BEAN. See Beans. 
KIDNEY-SHAPED. Crescent-sbaped, with the 
ends rounded. 
KIDNEY VETCH. See Anthyllis. 
KIELMEYERA (named after K. F. Kielmeyer, of 
Wurtemberg, 1765-1844, a writer on botany). Syn. Mar- 
tinieria. ORD. Ternstrémiacee. A genus comprising 
about fifteen species of stove evergreen trees or shrubs, 
full of resinous juice, natives of Brazil. Flowers showy, 
terminal, disposed in racemes or short panicles, or 
rarely solitary; petals five-twisted. Leaves evergreen, 
often petiolate. Only one species has been intro- 
duced. It thrives in a fibry, sandy loam. Cuttings of 
— shoots will root in sand, under a bell glass, in 
eat, 
K. excelsa (tall). £ white ; petals obovate, smooth, disposed in 
racemes. June. oblong, sub-elliptic, obtuse, quite 
h. 60ft. 1833. Tree. 
KINGIA (named after Captain P. G. King, Governor 
of New South Wales). ORD. Junceæ. A monotypic 
genus, the species being a long-lived greenhouse plant, 
with an erect wooden caudex. For culture, see Xan- 
thorrhæa. 
K. australis (Southern). fi. arranged in a globular head, about 
2in. in diameter ; perianth — J—— peduncles several 
from the tuft of leaves, 6in. to 12in. long, covered with broad 
sheathing bracts. 1. 2it. to 3ft. long, and only one to two lines 
_ broad, in thé greater part of their length, spreading or recurved, 
flat, or more or less triquetrous; edges usually 1 . Cau- 
dex sometimes many feet in height. West Australi 
KING PLANT. See Ancectochilus setaceus. 
KIRGANELIA. This genus is now included under 
Phyllanthus (which see). 
KITAIBELIA (named in honour of Paul Kitaibel, 
1757-1817, formerly Professor of Botany at Pesth, in Hun- 
_ gary). ORD. Malvacew. A genus consisting of but one 
species, which is an ornamental, hardy, robust-growing, 
tall, perennial herb. It thrives well in any rough garden 
soil, and may be readily increased by divisions. 
K., vitifolia (Vine-leaved). jl. white or rose-coloured, showy, pe- 
dunculate. Late summer and autumn. Z. five-lobed, acute, 
toothed, —— those of the Vine in shape. h. 6ft, to 8ft. 
Eastern Europe. (B. M. 821.) : 
KITCHEN GARDEN. See Garden. 
ELEINHOVIA (named after Kleinhoff, once Director 
of the Botanic Garden in Batavia). ORD. Sterculiacee. 
A genus consisting of a single species, which is a very 
handsome stove evergreen tree, native of India. It 
thrives in a compost of peat and loam. Cuttings of the 
young ripened shoots will root in sand, if placed in 
heat, under a bell glass. 
K. Hospita (stranger). A. pink, disposed in large terminal 
5] * . top-sh: » bladdery, five- 
winged ‘with i —— saute eet each. J, entire, 
to seven-nerved. 1800. 
(of Haworth). Now included under 
KLEINIA 
Senecio (which see). 
EKLOPSTOCKIA. A synonym of Ceroxylon. 
ELUGIA (named in honour of Dr. William Klug, a 
lover of botany). Syn. Glossanthus. ORD. Gesneracea. | 
A genus comprising three or four species of herbaceous 
_ Plants, of which one is a native of Mexico and Central 
_ America, and the rest inhabit the East Indian Peninsula, 
Ceylon, and the Malayan Archipelago. Only one species 
Elugia—continued. 
—K. Notoniana—has yet been introduced. It is a stove 
evergreen, thriving in a mixture of equal parts sandy 
loam and peat, and requiring plenty of moisture while 
growing. Propagated by cuttings. 
K, Notoniana (Noton’s). fi. blue, in secund racemes ; calyx five- 
angled. Summer. Z repandly toothed, half cordate, that is, 
with an unequal base. Stem fleshy, marked with a dense, 
villous line. Å. 1ft. India, 1848, (B. M. 4620.) 
EKNIGHTIA (named after Thos. A. Knight, 1758-1838, 
a pomologist, and at one time President of the London 
Horticultural Society). Syn. Rymandra. ORD. Proteaceae. 
A genus comprising three species of trees or shrubs, of 
which one is from New Zealand, and the two others from 
New Caledonia, Flowers geminate, pedicellate, in dense, 
sessile, axillary, lateral or terminal racemes. Leaves 
scattered, coriaceous, entire or deeply toothed. K. eacelsa, 
the only species yet introduced, is an ornamental green- 
house evergreen tree, growing in its native country to a 
height of 100ft., and having much the habit of a Lom- 
bardy Poplar. It thrives in a compost of peat, to which 
a small quantity of sandy loam is added. Plenty of 
drainage must be afforded. Cuttings of ripe shoots, with 
leaves intact, except at the base, will root in sandy soil, 
under a bell glass, in a very gentle bottom heat, 
K. excelsa (lofty). jl. flesh-coloured, in axillary racemes, which 
are nearly as long as the leaves, and covered with reddish-brown 
velvety down. l. very harsh, linear-oblong, coarsely and rather 
bluntly toothed, from 4in. to 6in. long. New Zealand, 1824. 
The wood of this tree is mottled with red and brown, and 
is largely employed in making furniture. (T. L., S. x. 2.) 
ENIPHOFIA (named after Johann Hieronymus 
Kniphof, 1704-1763, a Professor of Medicine at Erfurt in 
the eighteenth century). Syns. Rudolphemeria, Triclissa, 
Tritoma, Tritomanthe, Tritomium. Oxp. Liliacee. This 
small genus of hardy, tufted, herbaceous plants is usually 
known as Tritoma, but the name here adopted is a prior 
one, and, therefore, the more correct. The species 
number abont sixteen, and are natives of tropical and 
South Africa and Madagascar. Flowers scarlet and 
yellow, showy, densely racemose or spicate, sub-sessile or 
shortly pedicellate, closely deflexed ; scapes leafless, tall, 
simple. Leaves radical, long, narrow, firm. Kniphofias 
are very showy and ornamental border plants. They 
require protection throughout winter, in the more nort 
parts of the country. The species best known, and m 
extensively cultivated, is K. aloides. They all prefer a 
light, sandy soil, to which may be applied a liberal top- 
dressing of well-rotted manure, and plenty of water in 
spring and summer. Propagated by divisions of the crown, 
in early spring, or by seeds, when procurable. - 
K. aloides (Aloe-like).* Common 
ee a Mones, ft 
coral- in. € i a K V; 
— cia toner he dens, Salo ioar wits. Late 
summ — narrow, channe! 
eeled, toothed on the édges —— h. 3ft. to 4ft. South 
— 1707. SYNS. K. Uvaria and Tritoma Uraria. This is the 
handsomest species in cultivation, and one of the most gorgeous 
of autumn-flowering plants. It is suited equally well for the mixed 
border or shrubbery, or for planting in lines where there isa 
background of green foliage. There are several varieties of this 
species, including the following: 
K. a. glaucescens (glaucous). South Africa, 1859, 
K. a. maxima (large-flowered).* A variety much taller than the 
type, and having stouter stems and longer cone ee It is 
sometimes known as grandis. Orange Free State, 1 (B. M. 
6553.) —— 
K. a. serotina (late-flowering). South Africa, 1859. * 
Burchelli (Burchell’s).* f. scarlet and yellow, tipped wi! 
m scape ened with pick spots. Autumn. 4 light green. — 
i. sft. South Africa, 1816. A very desirable plant. ‘1745, 
under name of Tritoma Burchelli.) — = 
carnosa (fesh apricot-yellow, rather sm i gns 
— —— — cylindrical, about 3in. long and 1jin. broa s ; 
about lft. high. Autumn. l. in several rosettes. Abyssinia, 
A handsome species. í ae 
caulescens (caulescent). fl. reddish-salmon colour a first, 
— ultimately —— white tinged with greenish-yellow ; = a 
in a dense head of about 6in. in 1; Scape —— — 
, Autumn. l ofa ay glaucous blue-grey tint. Stem = 
very thick. South Africa (B. M. 5946.) 
