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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Kopsia continued. 



branaceous or sub-coriaceous, penninerved. Only one 

 species has been yet introduced; it thrives in a com- 

 post of peat and sandy loam. Cuttings of rather firm 

 young shoots will root in sand, if placed in a gentle 

 bottom heat. 

 K. frntlcosa (shrubby), fl. red, in terminal corymbs. May. I. 



broad, lanceolate. Pegu, 1818. A stove evergreen shrub. (B. M. 



4220 ; B. R. 391, under name of Cerbera fruticosa.) 



KOROLKOWIA SEWERZOWI. See Fritillaria 

 Sewerzowi. 



KOBjTHALSIA (named after Peter W. Korthals, a 

 German botanist, of this century). STN. Calamosagus. 

 OED. Palmeoe. A genus comprising about sixteen species of 

 stove palms, natives of the Malayan Archipelago and New 

 Guinea, closely allied to Calamus. Flowers small ; spa- 

 dices loosely racemose, pendulous. Leaves alternate, pin- 

 natisect. For culture, see Calamus. 



K. Jnnghulinii (Junghuhn's). I., long-stalked, terminating in a 

 hooked tendril-like process ; segments seven to nine, cuneate- 

 rhomboid, shortly apiculate, pale whitish beneath. Java. 

 K. scaphigera (scape-bearing). I. pinnate, 2ft. to 4ft. long ; rachis 

 sparingly armed with short retrorse spines, terminating in a long, 

 recurved, thorny tendril ; young ones f ugaciously white-tomentose 

 beneath. Andaman Isles, Malacca. A large climbing palm, with 

 canes up to in. in diameter. 



KRAMERIA (named after John George Henry and 

 William Henry Kramer, father and son, Austrian botanists). 

 OED. PolygalecB. A genus comprising twelve species of 

 diffuse, stove, glabrous trees or shrubs, natives of the 

 warmer parts of America. Flowers axillary, or on the 

 tops of the branchlets, generally solitary or disposed in 

 spike-formed racemes. Leaves alternate, coriaceous. Only 

 two species have been introduced. K. pauciflora thrives 

 in a compost of sandy loam and fibry peat. Cuttings 

 will root in sand, if placed under a hand glass, in heat. 

 The same treatment will answer for the other species. 

 K. pauciflora (few-flowered), fl. red ; pedicels few, longer than 

 the leaves, bearing two bracts on the middle of each. I. oblong- 

 linear, villous. A. 4ft. Mexico, 1824. 



K.triandra(three-stamened).^. shining scarlet. Summer. I. alter- 

 nate, irregularly scattered or crowded, sessile, obovate, apiculate, 

 entire, clothed with adpressed silvery hairs. Peru. Low shrub. 

 This plant furnishes the Rhatany root of the British Pharma- 

 copoeia ; the essential constituent of rhatany is a form of tannic 

 acid. (B. M. PL 30.) 



KREYSIGIA (named after F. L. Kreysig, 1769-1839, 

 a German botanist, and author of a treatise on the com- 

 parison of animal and vegetable life). STN. Tri/pladenia. 

 OED. Liliacece. A monotypic genus, the species being 

 a very pretty, half-hardy, herbaceous perennial, having a 

 roughish, simple stem, and a knotty rhizome. It is of 

 easy culture in any ordinary garden soil. Increased by 

 divisions, in spring. 



K. mnltiflora (many-flowered), fl. pink ; peduncles slender, one, 

 two, or rarely three-flowered ; pedicels filiform. June. I. ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, cordate-amplexicaul, acute, 2in. to Sin. long, 

 prominently nerved. Stems ascending or erect. A. 9in. to 18in. 

 Queensland and New South Wales, 1823. (B. M. 3905; L. B. C. 

 1511, under name of Schelhammera multijlora.) 



KUHLIA. See Fagraaa. 



KUHNIA (named after Adam Kuhn, an American 

 botanist). OED. Composites. A monotypic genus, the 

 species being a pretty little hardy perennial herb. It 

 thrives in sandy loam. Increased by division, in spring. 

 K. cupatorloides (Eupatorium-like). fl.-headu cream-coloured. 



September. I. varying from broadly lanceolate and toothed to 



linear and entire. North America, 181Z 



KUMQUAT. See Citrus japonica. 



KUNTHIA DEPPEANA. See Chamsedorea 

 elegaus. 



KUNZEA (named after Gustav Kunze, 1793-1851, a 

 botanist and physician of Leipsig). OED. Myrtacece. A 

 genus comprising fifteen species of greenhouse shrubs, 

 often Heath-like, confined to Australia. Flowers sessile, 

 or rarely pedicellate in the upper axils, more frequently 



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in terminal heads, rarely an oblong spike below the end 

 of the branch. Leaves alternate, or rarely opposite, small, 

 entire. Probably the two species described below are the 

 only members of the genus introduced to our gardens. 

 For culture, see Callistemon. 



K. Baxter! (Baxter's), fl. large, like those of a Callistemon, in 

 dense terminal spikes ; petals rich red. I. crowded, linear-oblong 

 or lanceolate, flat, obtuse, or somewhat acute, about Jin. long. 

 A rigid, minutely pubescent plant, of several feet in height. 

 (B. R. 1838, 7, under name of Callistemon macrostachyum.) 

 K. corifolia (Cons-leaved), fl. white, nearly sessile, solitary in 

 the upper axils of short leafy branchlets. I. linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, usually crowded on the branchlets or clustered in the 

 axils, Jin. to iin. long. A tall shrub. (L. B. C. 1998 and S. E. B. 

 59, under name of Leptospermum ambiguum.) 



EYDIA (named after Colonel Eobert Kyd, who died in 

 1794, founder and first Director of the Calcutta Botanic 

 Garden). OED. Malvacece. A small genus (two or three 

 species) of slender, stellato-tomentose, stove evergreen 

 trees, natives of India. Flowers in long panicles. Leaves 

 palmate-nerved, entire or lobed. The species thrive in a 

 well-drained compost of sandy peat and fibry loam. Cut- 

 tings of half -ripened shoots will root in sand, under a bell 

 glass, in heat. 



K. calycina (large-calyxed). fl. white or pink ; involucel four- 

 leaved, much longer than the calyx. I. rounded-cordate, pal- 

 mately seven-nerved. 1818. (B. F. S. 3.) 



K. fraterna (brotherly), fl. white ; involucel six-leaved, shorter 

 than the calyx. 1823. 



KYLLINGA (named after Peter Kylling, 1640-1696, 

 a Danish botanist of the seventeenth century). STN. 

 Kyllingia. OED. Cyperacece. A rather large genus (about 

 sixty species have been described, although scarcely 

 twenty are sufficiently distinct to merit specific rank) of 

 perennial or rarely annual stove herbs, broadly dispersed 

 throughout tropical regions. Inflorescence usually in 

 solitary heads ; spikes compressed, one or two-flowered. 

 The species are of little or no horticultural value. For 

 culture, see Cyperus. 

 K. monocephala (one-headed), fl. -heads whitish, terminal, 



sessile, oval ; involucre three-leaved, unequal, the largest leaf as 



long as the culm. I. sheathing, smooth, sharp-keeled. India, 



&C.T1868. 



KYLLINGIA. See Kylliuga. 



LABARIA PLANT OF DEMERARA. A 

 common name of Dracontium polyphyllum (which 

 see). 



LABELLUM. The lip. In Orchideae, and some 

 other families, the name of Lip, or Labellum, is given 

 to one of the divisions or lobes of the perianth. 



LABELS. For indicating the names of plants and 

 trees, either under cultivation or travelling from one 

 place to another, the use of Labels is essential and 

 indispensable. Those made of strong paper or parch- 

 ment are largely employed for attaching to plants when 

 packing, as they are light, and bend readily under 

 pressure, without causing injury. The use of ink should 

 be avoided, and blacklead pencil substituted with some 

 sorts, otherwise the name may become obliterated, because 

 of moisture causing the ink to run. Narrow pieces of 

 sheet lead, with the name, or a number, punched near one 

 end, form durable Labels, and are constantly used in some 

 nurseries, but more extensively on the Continent. Wooden 

 Labels are usually made of deal ; but other sorts of wood 

 are employed, such as elm, oak, and teak, when any 

 are required to last a long time. Labels made of cast 

 iron, zinc, iron coated with zinc, slate, porcelain, and 

 other substances, may be procured, if desired ; but scarcely 

 one of them can equal, in neatness or general usefulness, 

 those properly made of wood. The iron very soon rusts, 

 and consequently requires burning and re-writing; slate 

 and porcelain break in all directions, and are thus 



