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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Juniperus—continued. 
J. taxifolia (Yew-leaved). /. sessile, in whorls of three, linear, 
slightly rounded at apex, rigid, spreading, glaucous aboye, 
dark green below, with a strong rib ending in a_ point. 
Branches few, scattered, somewhat spreading, pendulous at 
apex. h, 8ft. to 10ft. Japan and China. 
J. virginiana reptans (creeping). A prostrate variety, suit- 
1896. 
able for rockeries, «ec. 
J. v. turicensis (Zurich). A variety of compact, pyramidal 
habit and with bluish-grey leaves. 1896. 
The following species are also grown at Kew: J. Cedrus and 
J. flaccida (under glass), J. Henryana, J. littoralis, J. macropoda, 
J. procera, and J. tetragona. 
JUNO’'S TEARS. See Verbena officinalis. 
JUPITER’S BEARD. 
tectorum. 
JUPITER'S DISTAFF. 
JURINEA. J. cyanoides (Syns. J. Pollichti, Serra- 
tula cyanoides), J. linearifolia (Syns. Serratula lineari- 
folia, S. multiflora), and J. mollis (Syn. Serratula 
transylvanica) have been introduced, but are probably no 
longer grown. 
JUSSI@A. Jussiewa is, according to the ‘Index 
Kewensis,”’ the correct name. To the species described 
on p. 214, Vol. IIL., the following should be added : 
J. macrocarpa ciliata (large-fruited, ciliated). A synonym 
of J. peruviana ciliata. 
J. natans (swimming). /l. white, pedunculate ; 
four or five, acute, shorter than the ovate petals. 
See also Sempervivum 
See Salvia glutinosa. 
calyx lobes 
i. petiolate, 
sub-orbicular, entire or toothed. Colombia (in stagnant 
water). A glabrous, stove, aquatic perennial. 
J. peruviana ciliata (ciliated). /. yellow, 2in. across, 
axillary. /. alternate, ciliated. Stems hairy, with five 
winged angles, 
carpa ciliata. 
JUSTICIA. Including Rostellaria. To the species 
described on p. 214, Vol. II., the following should be added. 
See also Aphelandra, Chetothylax, Dianthera, 
Ecbholium, Jacobinia, Peristrophe, Schaueria, 
Sphinctacantha, and Thyrsacanthus, for species 
formerly included under Justicia. 
J. campylostemon (curved-stamened). jf. white, small, with 
some purple spots on the disk of the middle lobe of the lower 
lip; peduncles axillary, mostly shorter than the leaves, one- to 
several-flowered. Winter. 7. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acu- 
minate, glabrous except on the nerves beneath. h. 2ft. Natal, 
1883. An unattractive species. 
JUTE-PLANT. 
Colombia, 1880. Half-hardy. SYN. J. macro- 
See Corchorus capsularis. 
KADSURA. Flowers unisexual; sepals and petals nine 
to fifteen. IK. propinqua is synonymous with Schizandra 
propingua, and K, chinensis (of Hance) is identical with 
Schizandra Hanceana. 
K2EMPFERA. A synonym of Tamonea (which see). 
K2EMPFERIA. To the species described on p. 214, 
Vol. II., the following should be added: 
K. angustifolia (narrow-leaved). jl. few, in a central, sessile 
spike; corolla tube (and staminodes) white, twice as long as 
the segments; lip lilac, deeply cut into two lobes. 7. many, 
ascending, lanceolate, 6in. to 8in. long. Root tuberous. 
Eastern Himalayas. 
K. atrovirens (dark green).* 1. violet-purple, 1{in. in diameter, 
the lip spotted yellowish at base; spike few-flowered, shortly 
exserted from the sheath. 7. 2in. to Sin. long, 14in. to 2in. broad, 
obliquely elliptic-oblong, acute, dark green above, rather paler 
towards the margins, more or less suffused with purple beneath ; 
petioles 4in. to Sin. long, channelled, sheathing at base. A. Sin. 
Borneo, 1886. (I. H. 1886, t. 610.) 
K. Ethelz (Mrs. Ethel Beningtield).* jl. rose-purple, with a 
blotch of yellow on the lip-like lower segments, solitary, 
4in. across. Spring. 7. oblong-lanceolate, 1ft. long. Stem at 
first 8in. hi ufterwards lengthening to 2ft. Natal, 1898. 
Allied to K. Kirkit. (G. C. 1898, xxiii, p. 94, f. 34.) 
K. Kirkii (Kirk’s). The correct name of Cienkowskia Kirkii. 
(R. G. 1364,) 
K. longa (long). A synonym of K. rotunda. 
K. macrosiphon (large-tubed). jl. numerous, on skort 
eduneles; corolla tube long and slender; lobes blue, lin. 
ong, the lower one lin. broad. 7. tufted, lanceolate, lft. 
long. German East Africa, 1898. Allied to K. Kirkii. 
Kempferia—continued. 
K. ovalifolia (ovate-leaved). The correct name of K. Parishii. 
K. pandurata (fiddle-shaped). jl. in a peduncled spike, 
hidden in the dilated bases of the petioles; corolla tube 2in. 
to 2sin. long, the segments whitish; lip tinged with red, 
lin. long. 7. oblong, Yin. to 12in. long, erect. Ceylon, &c. 
Cultivated in India, &c., for its Ginger-like rootstock. 
K. secunda (side-flowering). /l., calyx tubular, slender, split 
above; corolla tube reddish, nearly lin. long, very slender, 
curved, the lobes elliptic-oblong, acuminate ; lateral staminodes 
broadly oblong or rounded, spreading, rather reflexed; lip 
rounded, shortly bifid or notched at end; spike terminal, few- 
cleft. September. fr. three to four lines long, ovoid, many- 
seeded, /. 3in. to 34in. long, the lower ones smaller, membranous, 
obliquely lanceolate, caudate-acuminate. Assam and Khasia 
Mountains, 1873. (B. M. 6999; Gn. 1873, iv., p. 154.) SYN. 
Monolophus secunda. 
K. eyecioss (showy).* j. pure white, disposed in a. sessile 
head; corolla tube 3in. long, the segments, staminodes, and 
lip about lin. long. 7. sub-orbicular, erect, shortly petiolate, 
Sin. to 6in. long, plain green or variegated. Birma. 
K. vittata (striped). #. not very conspicuous; inflorescence 
central. August. 7. 34in. to 44in. long, elliptic, slightly oblique, 
rounded at base, dark green above, with a feathery grey 
stripe sin. broad along the midrib; under-surface greyish-green ; 
petioles 34in. to 5in. long, vaginate for half their length. A. 
Yin. Sumatra, 1881. A pretty foliage plant. 
KAFFIR BEAN-TREE. See Schotia. 
KAFFIR LILY. See Schizostylis coccinea. 
KAGENECKIA. K. 
or a form of, K. oblonga. 
KAHIRIA. A synonym of Ethulia (which see). 
KAINIT. A cheap form of potassic fertiliser. The 
crade Kainit found in commerce contains 12 per cent. to 
13 per cent. of potash, 27 per cent. to 30 per cent. of 
magnesia, and 30 per cent. of common salt. It is more 
valuable in light loam than in heavier soils, which it 
makes more sticky. A fair dressing per acre would be 
from 3ewt. to 6ewt., mixed with other fertilisers, and 
worked well into the soil. 
KAKI. See Diospyros. 
KALANCHOE. To the species described on p. 216, 
Vol. Il., the following should be added : 
K. acutiflora (acute-flowered). fl. whitish; corolla segments 
rather acute; cymes paniculate. August. 7. broadly lanceo- 
late, crenate. kh. 2ft. Habitat not known, 1806. Stove. SYN. 
Fareia acutiflora (A, B. R. 560). 
K. zegyptiaca (Egyptian). A synonym of K. crenata. 
K. Bentii (M. Theodore Bent’s).* #1. white, in an erect loose 
panicle; calyx consisting of four fleshy, spreading lobe 
crategoides is identical with, 
corolla inflated at base, distinctly four-angled. (Ay Psy 
cylindrical, rigid, narrowed radually to an acute point, 
arranged decussately in pairs at top of the stem. h. 3ft. 
Hadramaut, 1894. The largest flowered of all the Kalanchoes 
known to cultivation. 
K. carnea (fesh-coloured).* fl. pink, fragrant, sin. in diameter, 
disposed in corymbose cymes. J. fleshy, petiolate, elliptic- 
ovate, obtuse, crenate, brownish-green, Sin. to 54in. long, 
lsin. to 3in. broad. Stem, when old, forming a large bole. 
South Africa, 1886. An attractive, greenhouse, glabrous 
succulent. (G. C. 1887, i., p. 211, f. 48.) 
K. Cassiopeia (Cassiopeia). Th 
greenhouse species with Echeveria- 
leaves. Abyssinia, 1894. Greenhouse. 
K. flammea (flame-coloured), /. bright scarlet, tubular, 
numerous in an erect, long-stalked, corymbose cyme. J. fieshy, 
crenate, shorter than in K. glaucescens (which this species 
resembles). Stems lft. high. Somaliland, 1897. Greenhouse. 
K. glaucescens (glaucescent). jl. red or dark yellow, in 
compact di- or trichotomous panicles, or on few-flowered 
peduncles from the upper nodes. 1/., lower ones narrow-ovate, 
erenate, obtuse, glabrous, Sin. long, narrowed to amplexicaul 
petioles. Stem terete, glabrous, with ascending, pubescent 
branches 2ft. to 3ft. in height. Abyssinia, 1894, Greenhouse. 
K. grandiflora (of gardens). A synonym of K. marmorata. 
K. laciniata (torn). . yellow; sepals lanceolate, somewhat 
spreading ; cymes glabrous. July and Av st. 7. once-pinnatitid ; 
segments jin. to lin. broad, flat, ir ate, sometimes 
bipinnatifid. h. 2ft. India and tropical Africa, 1781. Stove. 
There is a form having pubescent cymes and leaves twice or 
thrice pinnatifid. 
K. marmorata (marbled).* jl. white; corolla tube 2in, long, 
the limb 2in. in diameter; cymes few-flowered. J. obovate- 
is described as a dwarf, 
ke, bluish-green, toothed 
