229 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Kopsia— continued. 
branaceous or sub-coriaceous, penninerved. Only one 
species has been yet introduced; it thrives in a com- 
post of peat and sandy loam. Cuttings of rather firm 
young shoots will root in sand, if placed in a gentle 
bottom heat. 
K. fruticosa (shrubby). is red, in terminal corymbs, May. l. 
broad, lanceolate. Pegu, 1818. A stove evergreen.shrub. (B. M. 
; B. R. 391, under name of Cerbera fruticosa.) 
KOROLEOWIA SEWERZOWI. See Fritillaria 
KORTHALSIA (named after Peter W. Korthals, a 
German botanist, of this century). Syn. Calamosagus. 
ORD. Palmee. A genus comprising about sixteen species of 
stove palms, natives of the Malayan Archipelago and New 
Guinea, closely allied to Calamus. Flowers small; spa- 
dices loosely racemose, pendulous. Leaves alternate, pin- 
natisect. For culture, see Calamus, 
K. Junghuhnii (Junghuhn’s). 7., long-stalked, terminating ina 
hooked tendril-like process; segments seven to nine, cuneate- 
rhomboid, shortly apiculate, pale whitish beneath. Java. 
EK. scaphigera (scape-bearing). Z. pinnate, 2ft. to 4ft. long ; rachis 
sparingly armed with short retrorse spines, terminating in a long, 
recurved, thorny tendril; young ones fugaciously white-tomentose 
beneath. Andaman Isles, Malacca. A large climbing palm, with 
canes up to sin. in diameter. 
ERAMERIA (named after John George Henry and 
William Henry Kramer, father and son, Austrian botanists). 
Orv. Polygalee. A genus comprising twelve species of 
diffuse, stove, glabrous trees or shrubs, natives of the 
warmer parts of America. Flowers axillary, or on the 
tops of the branchlets, generally solitary or disposed in 
spike-formed racemes. Leaves alternate, coriaceous. Only 
two species have been introduced. K. pauciflora thrives 
in a compost of sandy loam and fibry peat. Cuttings 
will root in sand, if placed under a hand glass, in heat. 
The same treatment will answer for the other species. 
KE. pa few-flowered). fl. ; i wW, 
Un aver: rasia he tines on ha clits ot cok ke 
linear, villous. h.4ft. Mexico, 1824. 
KE. triandra (three-stamened). fl. shining scarlet. Summer. 1. alter- 
ate, irregularly scattered or crowded, sessile, obovate, apiculate, 
entire, clothed with adpressed silvery hairs. Peru. w shrub. 
This tage A —— e ————— one — — 
Sd. MY 
XREXSIGIA (named after F. L. Kreysig, 1769-1839, 
a German botanist, and anthor of a treatise on the com- 
parison of animal and vegetable life). Syn. Tripladenia. 
ORD. Iiliaceew. A monotypic genus, the species being 
a Vi retty, half-hardy, herbaceous perennial, having a 
rong! simple stem, and a knotty rhizome. It is of 
~ easy culture in any oflinary garden soil. Increased by 
divisions, in spring. “S. 
. ovate 
to 3in. long, 
. Sin. to 18in. 
v 3905; L: B, C. 
or ovate-lanceolate, cordate-amplexicaul, act 
7 minently nerved. Stems — or erée 
eensland and New South Wales, 1823. 
11, under name of Schelhammera multiflora. 
See Pagrea. 
Kt (named after Adam Kuhn, an American 
botanist). : ORD. Composite. A monotypic genus, the 
species being a pretty little hardy perennial herb. It 
thrives in sandy loam. Increased by division, in spring. 
torium-like). fl.-heads cream-coloured. 
K. eupatorioides 
- September. Z. varying from broadly lanceolate and toothed to 
” linear and entire. North America, 1812. 
KUMQUAT. See Citrus japonica. 5 
EKUNTHIA DEPPEANA. Se Chamedorea 
elegans. 
 KUNZEA (named after Gustav Kunze, 1793-1851, a 
botanist and physician of Leipsig). ORD. Myrtacee. A 
nus comprising fifteen species of greenhouse shrubs, 
Heath-like, confined to Australia. Flowers sessile, 
K, fraterna 
than the calyx. 
or rarely pedicellate in the upper axils, more frequently 
Kunzea—continued. 
in terminal heads, rarely an oblong spike below the end 
of the branch. Leaves alternate, or rarely opposite, small, 
entire. Probably the two species described below are the 
only members of the genus introduced to our gardens. 
For culture, see Callistemon. ` 
K. Baxteri (Baxter’s). f. large, like those of a'Callistemon, in 
dense terminal spikes; petals rich red. l. crowded, linear-oblong 
or lanceolate, flat, obtuse, or somewhat acute, about }in. long. 
A rigid, minutely pubescent plant, of several feet in height. 
(B. R. 1838, 7, under name of Callistemon macrostachyum.) 
K. corifolia (Coris-leaved). fl. white, nearly sessile, solitary in 
the upper axils of short leafy branchlets. 7. linear or linear- 
lanceolate, usually crowded on the branchlets or clustered in the 
axils, jin. to din. long. A tall shrub. (L. B. C. 1998 and S. E. B. 
59, under name of Leptospermum ambiguum.) 
EYDIA (named after Colonel Robert Kyd, who died in 
1794, founder and first Director of the Calcutta Botanic 
Garden). ORD. Malvacee. A small genus (two or three 
species) of slender, stellato-tomentose, stove evergreen 
trees, natives of India. Flowers in long panicles. Leaves 
palmate-nerved, entire or lobed. The species thrive in a 
well-drained compost of sandy peat and fibry loam. Cut- 
tings of half-ripened shoots will root in sand, under a bell 
glass, in heat. 
K. —— (large-calyxed). A. white or pink; involucel four- 
leaved, much iene than the calyx. Z. rounded-cordate, pal- 
mately seven-nerved. 1818. (B. F. S. 3. 
——— f. white; involucel six-leaved, shorter 
KYLLINGA (named after Peter Kylling, 1640-1696, 
a Danish botanist of the seventeenth century). Syn. 
Kyllingia. ORD. Cyperacee. A rather large genus (about 
sixty species have been described, although scarcely 
twenty are sufficiently distinct to merit specific rank) of 
perennial or rarely annual stove herbs, broadly dispersed 
throughout tropical regions. Inflorescence usually in 
solitary heads; spikes compressed, one or two-flowered. 
The species are of little or no horticultural value. For 
culture, see Cyperus. 
monocephala (one-headed). fl.-heads whitish, terminal, 
sessile, oval ; involucre three-leaved, unequal, the largest leaf as 
long as the culm. J, sheathing, smooth, sharp-keeled. India, 
&e., 1868. a a 
EYLLINGIA. See Kyllinga, 
LABARIA PLANT OF DEMERARA. A 
common name of Dracontium polyphyllum (which 
see). 
LABELLUM. The lip. In Orchideæ, and some 
other families, the name of Lip, or Labellum, is given 
to one of the divisions or lobes of the perianth. 
LABELS. For indicating the names of plants and 
trees, either under cultivation or travelling from one 
place to another, the use of Labels is essential and 
indispensable. Those made of strong paper or parch- 
ment are largely employed for attaching to plants when 
packing, as they are light, and bend readily under 
pressure, without causing injury. The use of ink should 
be avoided, and blacklead pencil substituted with some 
sorts, otherwise the name may become obliterated, because 
of moisture causing the ink to run. Narrow pieces of 
sheet lead, with the name, or a number, punched near one 
end, form durable Labels, and are constantly used in some 
nurseries, but more extensively on the Continent. Wooden 
Labels are usually made of deal; but other sorts of wood 
are employed, such as elm, oak, and teak, when any 
are required to last a long time. Labels made of cast 
iron, zine, iron coated with zinc, slate, porcelain, and 
other substances, may be procured, if desired ; but scarcely 
one of them can equal, in neatness or general usefulness, 
those properly made of wood. The iron very soon rusts, 
and consequently requires burning and re-writing; slate 
and porcelain in all directions, and are thus 
