210 PLANT NAMES AND SYNONYMS 



1108. KNOWLT6NIA,Salisb.l796.KnowltoDia.Riiiiunciilaceae. 

 Named for Thomas Knowlton, curator botanical garden at 



Eltham. Syn. Thebesia, Neck. 1790. Acrid herbs. About 

 6 species, South Africa; (a) K. vesicatoria Sims. South 

 African Buttercup. Plant acrid, vesicant. 



1109. k6cHIA, Roth. White Sage, etc. Cheiiopodiaceae. 



Named for W. D. J. Koch, curator botanical garden Erlan- 

 gen, d. 1849. Syn. Chenopodium, in part. Perennial herbs or 

 low shrubs. About 35 species, mostly of Old World; 2 in U. S. 



a. K. Americana Wats. ( K.prostrata Auct.,not Schrad. ). Nevada. 

 White Sage. A valuable salt bush, as is (b) K. villosa Lindl. 

 of Australian deserts, called Cotton-bush, (c) K. Scoparia (L) 

 Roth. (C. Scoparia L. ), Europe and Asia, adv. in U. S., is 

 called Brown Cypress, Belvidere or Summer Cypress. 



1110. KOEBERLOIA, Zucc. Koeberlinia. Simarubaceae. 



Shrub, almost leadess. One species, Texas and Mexico. 



1111. KOELLIA, Moench 1794. Mountain Mint. Labiatae. 

 Named for J. L. C. Koelle, German botanist, 18th Century 



Syn. Brachystemum and Pycnanthemum, Michx. 1803; Clino- 

 podium. Origanum, Satureja and Tullia, in part. Mint-like 

 perennials. About 15 species, all of U. S. Properties of 

 Mentha. 



a. K. incaua (L. )Kze. (C. incanum L., P. incanum Michx.). On- 



tario to Florida. Hoary Mountain Mint, Mountain Mint, 

 Calamint, Wild Basil, locally known as Horsemint. 



b. K. Virginiana (L.) MacM. (S. Virginiana L., P. lanceolatum 



Pursh). Canada to Georgia, west to Nebraska. Virginia 

 Thyme, Virginia Mountain Mint, Basil*, Mountain Thyme, 

 Pennyroyal*, Prairie Hyssop. The name Virginia Thyme is 

 given also to the much less aromatic, (c) K. flexiiosa ''Walt. ) 

 MacM. (O. flexuosura Walt., S. Thymus- Virginicus L.,^P. 

 linifolium Pursh), Ontario and eastern U. S., Narrow-leaved 

 Mountain Mint^. 



1112. KONIGA, Adans. 1763. Sweet Alyssum, etc. Cruciferae. 



Named for Charles Konig;. curator in British Museum. Syn. 

 Konig (older form), Lobularia, Desv. 1813; Glyce, Alyssum 

 :and Clypeola, in part. [Not to be confounded with Koenigia 

 L., Polygonaceae. ] Perennial herbs or shrubs. About 4 spe- 

 ■cie", Mediterranean region. The Sweet Alyssum of the gardens 

 is (a) K. maritima (L. ) R. Br. (C. mantima L., G. mariti- 

 mum Lind., A. maritimum Lam.). Seaside Koniga^, Sweet 

 Allison, Anise*, Madwort, Snow-drift, Seedling. 



1113. KOSTELETZKYA, Presl. Kosteletzkya. Malyaceae. 

 Named for V. F. Kosteletzky, botanist of Bohemia. Syn. 



Hisbicus, in Part. Perennial herbs or shrubs. About 8 spe- 

 cies, New World; 3 in U. S. 



1114. KRAMERIA, Loefl. Krameria. Krameriaceae. 



Named for Dr. J. G. H. Kramer, Austria, 18th Century. 

 Herbs or low shrubs. About 20 species, warmer regions of 

 America; 4 in U. S. 



