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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Kalanchoe continued. 



Southern Africa, and one from Brazil. Flowers yellow, 

 purple, or scarlet, rather large, numerously disposed in 

 paniculate cymes; corolla salver-shaped; tube urceolate; 

 limb four partite, spreading. Leaves fleshy, opposite, 

 sessile or petiolate, toothed, serrated, or entire. For 

 culture, &c., see Crassula. 



K. orenata (crenate-leaved). fl. yellow, in very long loose spikes. 

 Autumn. 1. oblong-lanceolate, broadly toothed, crenated ; crena- 

 tures usually double, h. 1ft to 2ft. Sierra Leone, 1793. Stove 

 shrub. (B. M. 1436, under name of Cotyledon erenata.) 



K. farinacea (floury), fl. scarlet, in compact umbel-like heads. 

 Summer. 1. round-spathulate, entire, sessile, h. 6in. to 12in. 

 Socotra, 1882. A handsome stove succulent decorative plant. 

 (R. G. 1143.) 



K. grandiflora (large-flowered), fl. rather large ; corolla bright 

 yellow, hypocrateriform ; tube elongated, bottle-shaped ; limb of 

 four reflexed sepals ; cyme terminal, sub-sessile, many-flowered. 

 May. I. succulent, glaucous, 2in. to Sin. long, opposite, sessile, 

 ovate or sub-rhomboidal, becoming gradually smaller up the 

 stem ; margins coarsely sinuato-crenate. Stem succulent, h. 2ft 

 India, 1863. Greenhouse. (B. M. 5460.) 



KALE. 



Borecole. 



KALMIA (named in honour of Peter Kalm, 1715-1799, 

 a pupil of Linnaeus, who travelled in Canada and the 

 Northern States, and became Professor at Abo). American 

 Laurel. ORD. Ericaceae. A genus comprising six species of 

 ornamental hardy evergreen shrubs, of which one is from 

 Cuba, and the rest from North America, extending from 

 Florida to California and the Arctic regions. Flowers 

 rose-coloured, purple, or white, showy, clustered or rarely 

 scattered; bracts ovate to subulate, coriaceous, or firm 

 and persistent ; corolla broadly campanulate or sub-hypo- 

 crateriform. Leaves entire. Kalmias thrive under treat- 

 ment similar to Ehododendrons and such-like plants, in 

 a peaty soil, where the roots are provided with ample 

 moisture. The best-known and most-grown species is 

 K. latifolia. It is well adapted for forcing, in spring, 

 for greenhouse or conservatory decoration. For this pur- 

 pose, the plants should be potted up during winter, after 

 the blossoms have well set. Propagated by cuttings of 

 young shoots, inserted in sandy peat, and placed in a 

 shady situation, under a hand glass ; or by seeds, sown in 

 shallow pans of sandy peat, and kept in a cold frame 

 until the seedlings are large enough to handle, when 

 they may be gradually hardened off, and transferred to 

 the open air. 



K. angustifolia (narrow-leaved).* fl. purple or crimson, not half 

 so large as those of K. latifolia, disposed in lateral corymbs. 

 Early summer. I. mostly in pairs or threes, oblong, obtuse, lin. 

 to 2in. long, petioled, light green above, dull or pale beneath. 

 A. 2ft. to 3ft. Canada, 1736. A very pretty species. (B. M. 331.) 

 There are several varieties, differing chiefly in the size of parts, 

 and in the deeper and lighter shade of the corolla. The dwarf 

 one, known as nana, is especially worth mention. 



K. cuneata (wedge-shape-leaved), fl., corolla white or whitish, 

 $in. in diameter ; inflorescence lateral, nearly glabrous. May and 

 June. 1. oblong, with cuneate base, lin. long, almost sessile, and 

 chiefly alternate, mucronate. h. 2ft. North and South Carolina, 

 1820. A low, somewhat pubescent shrub. 



glauoa (glaucous).* fl. lilac-purple, in. to Jin. in diameter ; 

 ts large ; sepals ovate, scarious-coriaceous, much imbricated. 

 ng. I. opposite, or rarely in threes, almost sessile, oblong or 



near-oblong, or appearing narrower by the usual strong revo- 

 lution of the edges, lin. or less long, glaucous-white beneath. 

 h. 1ft. to 2ft. 1767. (B. M. 177.) 



. hirsuta (hairy), fl. scattered and axillary, on pedicels longer 

 than the leaves ; corolla rose-purple, barely iin. in diameter ; 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate, leaflike, as long as the corolla, at length 

 deciduous, leaving the old capsules bare. Summer. I. nearly 

 sessile, plane-oblong or lanceolate, iin. to iin. long. h. 1ft. 

 South-east Virginia to Florida, 1786. A free-branching shrub. 

 (B. M. 138.) 



. latifolia (broad-leaved).* Calico Bush, fl., inflorescence very 

 viscid-pubescent ; corolla rose-colour to white, Jin. in diameter ; 

 fascicles numerous, crowded in compound terminal corymbs. 

 Summer. I. alternate, or occasionally somewhat in pairs or threes, 

 oblong or elliptical-lanceolate, acutish at both ends, petioled, 

 bright green, h. 3ft. to 10ft. (in the South Alleghanies, sometimes 

 20ft.) Mountainous districts of Canada, Western Florida, &c., 

 1734. One of the most useful, elegant, and attractive of 

 dwarf flowering shrubs. It is a slow-growing subject, but is 



K. gl 



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Xahnia continued. 



FIG. 357. KALMIA LATIFOLIA, showing (a) detached Flower ; 

 (6) Section of ditto ; and (c) Stamen. 



generally of very easy culture. For cutting purposes it is also 

 useful, if a corymb of flowers is taken with a good stem and a few 

 leaves ; but the blossoms can be seen nowhere to more advantage 

 than on the bush. See Figs. 356 and 357. (B. M. 175.) 



KALOSANTHES. A synonym of Rochea. Some of 

 the plants formerly included under Rochea are now placed 

 under Crassula (which see). 



KARATAS (derivation of name uncertain). STNS. 



Nidularium, Regelia (of Lemaire). ORD. Bromeliaceos. 



A genus comprising about ten species of stove herbaceous 



perennials, natives of the West Indies, tropical South 



America, and several from Brazil. Flowers in dense, 



sessile, terminal heads. Leaves rosnlate, often very long, 



spinoso-serrate. For culture, see Billbergia. 



K. cruenta (bloody). /. blue, red ; spike capitate, sub-sessile. 



February to March. I. strap-shaped, obtuse, mucronate, spinosely 



dentate, tipped with blood-red ; bracts broad-oval, imbricate, 



obtuse, concave, h. 1ft. Rio Janeiro, 1824. (B. M. 2892, under 



name of Billbergia cruenta.) 



K. hnmilis (dwarf), fl. crimson, in central depressed tufts, sur- 

 rounded by leaves. I. recurved, lanceolate, strongly toothed ; 

 lower ones greyish, mealy, h. 1ft. West Indies, 1789. See 

 Fig. 358. (R. H. 1878, 190.) 



K. Innocentii (Innocent's), fl. bright orange-red, produced in a 

 nest-like crown. 1. large, lanceolate, dark green on the upper 

 side, deep reddish-purple beneath ; margins serrated. Brazil, 

 1862. A handsome and compact plant. (I. H. 1862, 329.) 

 K. Laurentii (Laurent's), fl. pale blue, in short heads. I ligu- 

 late, recurved, abruptly acuminate, light green, dotted with dark 

 brown ; inner ones white towards the base. South America, 1867. 

 An elegant plant (R. G. 529.) 



K. Legrellse (Legrell's). fl. purple, white ; bracts rose. I. 5ft. to 

 6ft. long, rigid, beset with curved spines, deep green above, sub- 

 glaucous beneath. North Brazil, 1872. A noble species, the in- 

 florescence of which is very handsome. (B. H. 1872, 129.) 

 K. olens (putrid-smelling), fl. purple, almost concealed by the 

 closely-imbricating, broad, greenish- white bracts. L, floral ones 

 rich deep red ; lower leaves full green, glabrous, about 1ft. long, 



