1900 SUPPLEMENT—RECENT INTRODUCTIONS, 
&c. 457 
Kalanchoe—continued. 
Fic. 474. KALANCHOE MARMORATA. 
cuneate, 4in. long, green, blotched with brown. Stems leafy. 
Abyssinia, 1892. Greenhouse. See Fig. 474. (B. M. 7333.) Syn. 
K. grandijlora (of gardens). = 
K. spathulata (spathulate). /. Ce ee Moa in loose, 
paniculate cymes. July and August. J/. glabrous, obovate- 
thulate, crenulate; lower ones obtuse; upper ones acute. 
h. 2ft. to 24ft. China, 1820. Greenhouse. SYN. Cotyledon hybrida 
(of gardens). 
KALMIA. Few hardy subjects are more valued than 
these dwarf-growing shrubs, and especially K. latifolia 
(American Mountain Laurel), which is attractive either for 
its flowers or its foliage. It is, as stated in Vol. II., 
largely employed for forcing; but, after flowering, plants 
so employed should be placed in gentle heat, and freely 
syringed. This will induce the pushing of new growths, 
when the plants should be gradually hardened off and 
planted ont on a warm, sunny border to ripen their 
wood. K. latifolia (Fig. 475) is also an exceedingly good 
subject for winter beds. 
To the species described on p. 216, Vol. II., the 
following varieties should be added: 
K. latifolia myrtifolia (Myrtleleaved). A dwarf, garden 
form. 1883. Syn. K. myrtifolia (R. H. 1883, p. 10). 
K. L Pavarti (Pavart’s). A variety with very bright-coloured 
flowers. 1888. (R. H. 1883, p. 540.) 
K. myrtifolia (Myrtle-leaved). A dwarf form of K. latifolia. 
KALOROCHEA LANGLEYENSIS. This name 
has been given to a hybrid between Crassula coccinea 
and C. falcata. C. langleyensis is, however, its correct 
name. 
KALOSANTHES VERSICOLOR. A synonym of 
Rochea versicolor (which see). 
KAMBALA-TREE. See Sonneratia apetala. 
Vol. V. 
KANGAROO APPLE. See Solanum aviculare. 
EKARATAS. According to the latest classification by 
Mr. J. G. Baker, this genus embraces about three dozen 
species. Flowers red, violet, or white ; sepals free down 
to the ovary; petals united in a distinct tube, the 
segments lingnulate or ovate; stamens inserted in the 
corolla tube, not reaching to the tips of the segments ; 
heads usnally sessile, each subtended by a bract, and 
the shortened inner leayes usually bright-coloured, Fruit 
baceate. To the species described on pp. 216-7, Vol. IL., 
the following should be added : 
K. acanthoerater (strong-spined). . purplish or bluish, in a 
dense head in the centre of the leaves. May. J. forming a 
dense rosette, spreading, obtuse, with spiny margins, dark 
green above, greyish-banded beneath; inner ones brownish- 
spotted. Brazil, 1885. A large species, 25ft. to 3ft. in diameter. 
(B. M. 6904.) Syn. Nidularium acanthocrater (B. H. 1884, 9). 
K. agaveefolia (Agave-leaved). /. white, in a nearly sessile, 
central head, overtopped by the bright red inner leaves; petals 
half as long again as the sepals. /. thirty to forty in a dense 
rosette, lanceolate, 2ft. to 3ft. long, 2in. to 3in. broad, 
much narrowed to the base, armed with large, pungent 
prickles. Cayenne, 1853. 
K. amazonica (Amazons). fl. white, with a greenish tube, 
disposed in a dense, sessile head in the centre of the rosette; 
bracts greenish-brown. June. J. rosulate, lft. to lft. long, 
2in. to Jin. broad, greenish-brown on the face, glossy claret- 
brown on the back, without markings or scales, the margins 
finely serrated. Amazons, 1870. SyNs. 2chmea amazonica, 
Bromelia amazonica. 
K. ampullacea (pitcher-like).* #7. about twelve in a head; 
sepals and bracts green; corolla blue, white at the throat. J. 
few, short, obtuse, acuminate, green, spotted with reddish- 
brown, especially beneath. Brazil, 1881. A distinct and pretty 
species, producing numerous suckers; it is remarkable for the 
manner in which the long sheaths of the leaves are collected 
into a sort of ovoid pitcher. Syn. Nidulariwm ampullaceum 
(B. H. 1886, p. 296). 
K. antiacantha (opposite-spined), This is described as 
“something in the way of K. Legrelle, but larger; the 
leaves are brownish at the base, and the bracts of a deeper 
Fic. 475. 
KALMIA LATIFOLIA. 
3N 
