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corolla has an elongated tul)e and 

 spreading or reflexed lobes, the lip 

 being bilobed. The side staminodes 

 are broad and petal-like. 



These plants flourish in sandy peat 

 and loam and leaf-mould, and require 

 a temperature of 65^" to 75° F. when 

 in full growth, but 15° or 20° less 

 when dormant. They are best pro- 

 pagated by dividing the roots as 

 growth is commencing, and are, 

 perhaps, more valuable for the decora- 

 tive character of their leaves than 

 anything else. The best-known kinds 

 are : — 



K. angustifolia. — From liengal. 

 About 1 ft. high, with lance-shaped 

 wavy leaves, and pure white and 

 purple flowers. {Red. Lil. t. 389.) 



K. atrovirens. - A Borneau species 

 about 9 ins. high, with sharp-pointed, 

 elliptic, oblong leaves, deep-green 

 above, purplish beneath, and violet- 

 purple Howers {III. Ilort. 1886, 610). 



K. Ethelse. — A native of Natal, 

 about 1 to 2 ft. high, having oblong 

 lance-shaped leaves a foot long, and 

 solitary rose-puri)le flowers with a 

 yellow blotch on the lower lip-like 

 segments {Gnrd. Chron. 1898, xxiii. 

 94, f. 34). 



K. Galanga.— This is a well-known 

 economic plant in the East Indies, 

 being cultivated for its clusters of 

 ovoid tubercules, which are employed 

 medicinally and for perfumes. It 

 grows about a foot high, and has oval 

 roundish leaves, green and smooth 

 above, grey-green and downy beneath. 

 The flowers are pure white and 

 appear in summer. (Jiot. Ma;/, t. 

 850.) 



K. Gilbertl — One of the most orna- 

 mental species from ^loulmcin. It 

 has tufts of recurving oblong, lancc- 

 shaped, wavy, deep green leaves con- 

 si)icuously but irregularly bordered 

 with white. The flowers are white 

 and purple. 



K. Kirki.— A beautiful stove her- 

 baceous plant, having green i)lantain- 

 likc leaves, and stout erect iiower- 

 stalks 1 ft. or more high, bearing 

 numerous large flowers which expand 

 in pairs from the bottom upwards, 

 lasting for several weeks. Each 

 flower is about 3 ins. across, flattish, 

 and of a soft rosy-mauve with a 

 yellow blotch in the centre, having 

 radiating lines of white. {Card. 

 November 1881, 504.) 



The variety elafior diff"ers from the 

 type in being taller, and the large 

 rose-coloured flowers having a golden- 

 yellow blotch at the base of the lip, 

 the sides being marked with purple 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 8188). 



K. lutea. — A stemless plant, native 

 of Penang, having leaves about 9 ins. 

 long, 4 ins. broad, smooth above, 

 hairy beneath. The yellow flowers 

 with orange lip are borne on scapes 

 3 to 4 ins. high. {Kew lUiU. 1907, 

 GO.) 



K. niacrosiphon. — A native of 

 German E. Africa, with tufts of green 

 lance-sliaped leaves a foot long, and 

 luimerous blue flowers (Gard. Chron. 

 1898, xxiv. 195). 



K. ornata. — A fine foliage plant 

 from Borneo, having long-stalked, 

 sharply-pointed, lance-shaped leaves, 

 glos.sy green above with a broad 

 white central band, and purple 

 beneath. The yellow flowers with an 

 orange lip appear in summer. (///. 

 J/ort. 1884, 159.) 



K. pandurata.— A Sumatran species 

 with spindle-shaped root-stock.s, short 

 reddish stems, smooth, oval lance- 

 shaped leaves, and red and i)urple 

 flowers (Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 587 ; Bot. 

 Ri'ij. t. 173). 



K. Parish!.— An ornamental sjiecies 

 from I\loulmein. It grows about 1 ft. 

 high, and has jvale green, erect, lance- 

 shaped leaves, and white and bright 

 violet flowers. {lUA. J/a</. t. 5763.) 



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