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K A L 



THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



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their leares decay in the autumn, the plants should not have 

 too much wet while they remain in an inactive state. If they 

 are placed in the bark-stove, and treated in the same manner 

 as is directed for Ginger, they will thrive and produce plenty 

 of flowers every summer. They are both propagated by 

 parting their roots, the best time for which is in the spring, 

 before they put ont their leaves. 



2. Ksempferia Rotunda. Leaves lanceolate, petioled ; seg- 

 ments of the corolla linear. The roots are shorter than the 

 above, growing in large clusters, covered with an ash-coloured 

 skin, white within. The flowers appear in the spring, before 

 the leaves ; they are sweet-scented, white, except the lower 

 lip, which is of a light purple, prettily variegated. Native 

 of the East Indies. 



3. Kcempferia Angustifolia. Upper segments of the inner 

 limb of the corolla linear, obtuse ; lower one emargiuate ; 

 leaves lanceolate, pale beneath. It flowers in the stove about 

 March or April. Native of the East Indies. 



4. Keempferia Ovata. Lower segments of the inner limb 

 of the corolla lanceolate, undivided ; leaves ovate. Root a 

 globose tuber, an inch in diameter, yellow internally, with 

 concentric red and orange lines ; flowers six or seven from 

 the centre among the leaves, short-lived, white, with a tinge 

 of red ; tube much longer than the limb. Native of the East 

 Indies. 



Kale. See Brassica Oleracea. 



Kalmia ; (Dwarf American Laurel,) a genus of the class 

 Decandiia, order Monogynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Culix: perianth five-parted, small, permanent; segments 

 imbricate, acute, rather columnar. Corolla: one-petalled, 

 salver-funnel-form; tube cylindric, longer than the calix ; 

 border with a flat disk, the margin upright, half five-cleft ; 

 ten nectariferous hornlets projecting outwardly from the 

 corolla, and surrounding it where the border of it is upright. 

 Stamina: filamenta ten, awl-shaped, upright, spreading, 

 rather shorter than the corolla, inserted into the base of the 

 corolla; anther simple. Pistil: germen roundish; style 

 thread-form, longer than the corolla, bent down; stigma 

 obtuse. Pericarp: capsule subglobose, depressed, five-celled, 

 five-valved, five-partite. Seeds: numerous. Observe. The 

 horned nectaries projecting outwardly from the corolla, and 

 surrounding it, sufficiently distinguish this genus from the 

 Bicornes. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix: five-parted. 

 Corolla : salver-form, with the border five-horned beneath. 

 Capsule : five-celled. The species are, 



1. Kalmia Lati folia; Broad-leaved Kalmia. Leaves ovate- 

 elliptic, by threes, and scattered; corymbs terminating. 

 This shrub in its native soil continues flowering great part of 

 the summer, and is one of the greatest ornaments of the 

 country. Deer feed on its green leaves with impunity, yet 

 in severe winters, when cattle and sheep are obliged to feed 

 on it alone, great numbers of them die. The stem rises to 

 the height of ten or twelve feet, and is sometimes as large as 

 the small of a man's leg. The flowers burst out from their 

 empalements in June, forming a round bunch or corymbus, 

 sitting very close to the branch : they are of a pale blush 

 colour, the inside of the petal of a peach colour. The wood 

 is like that of Box, very close-grained, heavy, and hard, 

 The Indians are said to make small dishes, spoons, and other 

 domestic utensils, out of the roots, which are large, of a soft 

 texture, and easily wrought while green, but wlien dry becom- 

 ing hard and smooth. Native of Carolina, Virginia, and 

 other parts of North America, where it is generally found 

 upon rocks, hanging over rivulets, and on the sides of barren 

 hills, in most sterile soils. The Kalmias multiply in America 

 by their creeping roots, and here by throwing up suckers, ii 



not removed. The seeds seldom ripen in England, and those 

 sent from America lie in the ground a whole year before 

 :he plants appear, and afterwards make very little progress. 

 The plants that come up from suckers are most likely to 

 produce others, and flower much sooner. They succeed best 

 n a northern aspect, well sheltered, in a moderately moist 

 situation, upon loam and bog-earth, and in a pure air. The 

 first sort being difficult to propagate by suckers or iayers, is 

 generally raised from American seeds. 



2. Kalmia Angustifolia; Narrow-leaved Kalmia. Leaves 

 lanceolate ; corymbs lateral. Stem from three to six feet 

 high, dividing into small woody branches ; flowers in loose 

 bunches, on the side of the branches, upon slender peduncles : 

 they are bright red when they first open, but afterwards fade 

 to a blush or peach-bloom colour. The varieties with pale 

 and deep red flowers, differ in their habit : the latter, the 

 most humble of the two, not only produces the most brilliant 

 flowers, but in greater abundance. It is a native of North 

 America, and is reputed poisonous to sheep and cattle. It 

 is extremely hardy, thrives best in bog-earth, and is generally 

 propagated by layers. See the first species. 



3. Kalmia Glauca ; Glaucous Kalmia. Leaves opposite, 

 oblong, levigated, glaucous underneath, revolule; corymbs 

 terminating ; branchlets ancipital. It flowers in April and 

 May; rarely exceeding two feet high. Native of New- 

 foundland. 



4. Kalmia Hirsuta. Leaves ovate, attenuated to both ends ; 

 peduncles axillary, one-flowered ; flowers purple-coloured, in 

 racemes. It can hardly be kept alive in this country by the most 

 careful management. Native of Carolina, North America. 



5. Kalmia Cuneata. Leaves scattered, sessile, cuneate- 

 oblong, pubescent underneath, slightly aristated at the extre- 

 mity; corymbs lateral, with few flowers, which arc white, with 

 red at the bottom. Native of the mountains of Carolina. 



Kidney-Bean. .See Phascolus. 



Kidney-Bean Tree. See Clyciite. 



Kidney-Vetch. See Antkyllis. 



Kidneyvort. See Saxifraga. 



Kiggelaria; a genus of the class Dioecia, order Decandria. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Male. Calix: perianth one- 

 leaved, five-parted, concave ; divisions lanceolate, concave. 

 Corolla: petals five, lanceolate, concave, rather longer than 

 the calix, and forming with it a pitcher-shaped figure. Nec- 

 tary : glandules obtusely three-lobed, middle lobe largest, 

 depressed, coloured, each growing to the claw of each petal. 

 Stamina: filamenta ten, very small ; antherse oblong, shorter 

 than the calix, gaping at the tips with two holes. Female. 

 Calix and Corolla : as in the male. Pistil: germen round- 

 ish ; styles five, simple ; stigmas obtuse. Pericarp : cap- 

 sule leathery, globose, rough, one-celled, five-valved. Seeds: 

 about eight, roundish, cornered on one side, covered by a 

 proper coat. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Male. Calix: 

 five-parted. Corolla : five-petalled. Glands : five, three- 

 lobed. Anthera: perforated at the tip. Female. Calix and 

 Corolla: as in the male. Styles: five. Capsule: one-celled, 

 five-valved, many-seeded. The only known species is, 



1. Kiggelaria Africana. This is a tree, exceeding the 

 height of a man, with the trunk and branches gray ; leaves 

 alternate, lanceolate, petioled, smooth, stiff, and straight, 

 sharply serrate, acute, spreading. On the male plant, one 

 or two branched peduncles bear several flowers, nodding, in 

 a panicle ; the petals are white, and the nectaries yellow. 

 The female produces a single flower on a simple peduncle. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. It will not live in the 

 open air of our climate, and therefore cannot grow very 

 large. They arc very difficult to propagate except by seed*. 



