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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Kennedya continued. 



obovate-truncate, mucronate ; stipules broad, veined. A slender, 

 twining, glabrous species. (B. M. 3956 ; B. R. 1838.) 



K. Inophylla (nerve-leaved). A synonym of E. coceinea. 



K. longlracemosa. See Hardenbergla monophylla. 



K. macrophylla. See Hardenbergla Comptoniana. 



K. monophylla. See Hardenbergia monophylla. 



K. nlgiicans (blackish), fl. deep violet-purple, almost black, 

 with a large, greenish-yellow blotch on the standard. March. 

 L, leaflets broadly ovate or rhomboidal, obtuse or emarginate ; 

 stipules small, striate, reflexed. 1832. A large twining species. 

 (B. M. 3562 ; B. R. 1715.) 



K. ovata. See Hardenbergla monophylla. 



K. prostrata (prostrate).* fl. scarlet ; peduncles one or two- 

 flowered. March to June. I., leaflets SJin. long, ovate, broadly 

 ovate or orbicular, pubescent or hirsute ; stipules broadly corda_te, 

 acute or acuminate. 1790. SYN. Glycine coceinea (under which 

 name it is figured in B. M. 270). 



K. p. Marryattae (Mrs. Marryatt's).* fl. light scarlet ; peduncles 

 four-flowered. March to June. I., leaflets three, oblong, obtuse, 

 undulated ; stipules and bracts cordate. 1834. A free-growing 

 twining plant, and, perhaps, the best of all the Kennedyas. 



K. rubicunda (reddish).* fl. of a dull or dark red, in pedunculate 

 racemes rarely exceeding the leaves. May. I., leaflets three, 

 usually ovate, but varying from broadly-rhomboid obovate or 

 almost orbicular, to ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate and acute. 

 1788. A large twining species. (B. M. 268, under name of 

 Glycine rubicunda.) 



K. Stirlingil (Stirling's), fl. scarlet, on axillary peduncles. May. 

 I., leaflets three, ovate-orbicular, very obtuse, usually above lin. 

 long ; stipules broadly cordate, usually large and much veined. 

 1834. Plant trailing or twining. (B. R. 1845.) 



KENTIA (named in honour of Lieut.-Col. Kent). 

 OBD. Palmce. A genus comprising six species of orna- 

 mental stove palms, natives of New Guinea and the 

 Moluccas, allied to Areca. Flowers on branched spikes. 

 Leaves terminal, equally pinnatisect ; segments sub-oppo- 

 site, linear-lanceolate, acuminate or bidentate. Perhaps 

 only a couple of species now retained in the genus are 

 in cultivation, and these thrive in a compost of loam 

 and peat, in equal proportions, to which may be added a 

 little silver sand. They require plenty of pot room, and 

 copious supplies of water throughout the summer, both 

 at the roots and overhead. When attacked by Eed 

 Spider or Thrips, the plants must be sponged with soapy 

 water. Propagated by imported seeds, which quickly 

 germinate in a light sandy soil, if placed on a hotbed. 

 K. Baueri. See Rhopalostylis Baucri. 

 K. Belmoreana. See Howea Belmorcana. 

 K. Canterbnryana. See Hedyscepe Canterbnryana. 

 K. costata (ribbed). I. regularly pinnatisect, with very numerous 

 linear-lanceolate acuminate segments, in old plants about 10ft 

 long and 3ft wide. Stems 80ft. to 90ft. high. Spadix branched, 

 with erect, fastigiate branches. Aru, &c. 

 K. Forsteriana. See Howea Forsteriana. 

 K. gracilis (of Lindley). See Kentlopsis divaricata. 

 K. Joannis. See Veitchia Joannis. 

 K. Lindeni. See Kentiopsls macrocarpa. 

 K. Macarthnrii. See Ptychosperma Macarthurii. 

 K. robusta. See Cyphosperma Viellardii. 

 K. sapida. See Rhopalostylis sapida. 

 K. Storckii. See Veitchia Storckii. 

 K. Viellardii. See Cyphosperma Viellardii. 

 K. Wondlandiana. See Hydriastele Wcndlandiana. 

 KENTIA, of Steudel. A synonym of Fagraea (which see). 

 KENTIOPSIS (from Kentia, and opsis, resemblance ; 

 on account of its likeness to Kentia). OBD. Palmes. 

 A genus containing three species of stove palms, closely 

 allied to Kentia (which see for culture). 

 K. divaricata (divaricate). I. pinnate ; leaflets leathery, alter- 

 nate, when young a fine red colour, h. 30ft. New Caledonia, 

 1876. SYN. Kentia gracilis. (L H. n. s. 409.) 



K. macrocarpa (large-fruited). I. pinnate, ovate in outline when 

 young ; pinna- somewhat distant, oblong-lanceolate ; petioles red. 

 Young leaves deep olive-crimson. Stem stout, smooth. New 

 Caledonia, 1876. A handsome species, of vigorous habit. SYN. 

 Kentia Lindeni. 



KENTROPHYLLTTM (from kentron, a spine, and 

 phyllon, a leaf). OBD. Composite. This genus is 

 now included, by the authors of " Genera Plantarum," 



KentrophyllTxm continued. 



under Carthamus. Flower-heads surrounded by a number 

 of prickly leafy scales. K. arborescens, being a half- 

 hardy evergreen shrubby species, requires winter pro- 

 tection, and may be increased, during the spring, by 

 striking cuttings of the young snoots under a handlight. 

 K. arborescens (tree-like), fl.-heads yellow. August. I bright 

 green, elongate, lanceolate, amplexicaul, with sinuate spinose- 

 dentate margins, h. 6ft. Spain, 1731. (B. M. 3302.) 

 KENTUCKY COFFEE - TREE. See Gymno- 

 cladus caiiadensis. 



KEPPLERIA. A synonym of Oncosperma (which 

 see). 



KERAMANTHUS (from keramos, a jar, and anthos, 

 a flower; in allusion to the form of the calyx). OBD. 

 Passifloreae. A stove herbaceous perennial, of more bo- 

 tanical than horticultural interest. It requires to be 

 kept rather dry during the season of rest. 



K. Klrkli (Kirk's), 

 bescent. h. 2ft. 



i). fl. greenish, tubular. I. large, ovate, pu- 

 Zanzibar, 1875. (B. M. 6271.) 



KERMES OAK. See Qnercns coccifera. 



KERRIA (named after M. Kerr, sometime Superin- 

 tendent of the Botanic Garden in Ceylon). OBD. Rosacea. 

 A genus (one or two species) of slender-branched, twiggy 

 shrubs. K. japonica, the only species known to cultiva- 

 tion, is a handsome, erect, hardy, deciduous plant. It 

 thrives in any good loamy soil. Increased by cuttings 

 of the young shoots, inserted tinder a handlight; by 

 layers ; or by divisions of the plants. The sort most 

 generally seen in cultivation is that with double blossoms ; 

 the single-flowered form is a much more elegant plant, 

 having a very graceful habit, and being nearly always 

 in flower. 



FIG. 360. FLOWERING BRANCHLET OF KERRIA JAPONICA 



FLORE-PLENO. 



K. japonica (Japanese).* fl. orange-yellow, solitary, terminal ; 

 peduncles scarcely Mn. long, glabrous ; petals five, oblong-ellip- 

 tical, obtuse, spreading. I. alternate, ovate-lanceolate, sharply 

 and doubly serrated, conduplicate, stalked, lin. to lin. long, Jin. 



