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KUH 



THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL: 



K YL 



Calix: the outer scales of the same catkin, sheathing, per- 

 manent Corolla: none. Stigmas: three. Seed: triangu- 

 lar, naked. The species are, 



1. Kobresia Scirpina. Spike solitary, simple, cylindrical. 

 Root perennial, tufted, consisting of numerous blackish fibres 

 running deep into the crevices of rocks ; stems numerous, 

 about a span high, composing danse tufts ; spike terminal, 

 solitary, erect, of from ten to twenty pair of flowers ; glumes 

 brown, shining. Native of dry elevated spots in the moun- 

 tains of Savoy, Italy, the Tyrol, &c. 



2. Kobresia Caricina. Spike compound, dense, somewhat 

 ovate ; spikelets alternate, imbricated. Native of Mount 

 Cenis, in moist muddy spots. 



3. Kobresia Cyperina. Umbel twice compound, leafy; 

 spikes cylindrical; spikelets spreading ; male flowers without 

 their proper calix. Grows in the Caraccas, in wet situations. 



Kvenigia ; a genus of the class Tnandria, order Trigynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth three-leaved ; 

 leaflets ovate, concave, permanent. Corolla : none. Sta- 

 mina: filamenta three, capillary, shorter than the calix; 

 antheree roundish. Pistil: gertnen ovate; styles none; stig- 

 mas three, (often only two,) approximated, villose, coloured. 

 Pericarp : none ; but the calix protects the seeds, without 

 entirely covering it. Seeds: single, ovate, naked, length of 

 the calix, terminated by the permanent stigmas. ESSENTIAL 

 CHARACTER. Calix: three-leaved. Corolla: none. Seed : 

 one, ovate, naked. The only known species is, 



1. Kojnigia Islandica. Stem a finger's length, somewhat 

 succulent, with very few branches opposite to the leaves, and 

 spreading very much. Native of Iceland, where it was 

 found by Koenig, (after whom it has been named,) in over- 

 flown clayey soils, both on the mountains and the coast. 



Kramerin ; a genus of the class Tetrandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GEVERIC CHARACTER. Calix: none, except the 

 corolla be so termed. Corolla: petals four, equal, spreading, 

 oblong, acute, the uppermost wider, the lateral ones ovate ; 

 nectaries two, the upper superior, erect, linear, three- 

 parted ; divisions linear, thickish, ovate at the tips, membra- 

 naceous, the lower inferior, two-leaved ; leaflets linear, con- 

 vex, clavated, wrinkled. Stamina: filamenta four, within 

 the nectary, ascending; antherae small, with two foramina 

 at the tip. Pistil : gerinen ovate ; style awl-shaped, ascend- 

 ing, length of the stamina; stigma acute. Pericarp: berry 

 dry, globose, unilocular, echinated on all sides with stiff 

 hairs directed backwards. Seed: single, ovate, smooth, 

 hard. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. CalLr: none. Corolla: 

 four-petalled. Nectary: upper three-parted, lower two- 

 leaved. Berry : dry, echinated, one-seeded. The only 



species yet discovered is, 



1. Krameria Ixina. A shrub with alternate lanceolate 

 loaves; flowers alternate, in terminating racemes. Found in 

 South America. 



h'uhnia ; a genus of the class Syngenesia, order Polyga- 

 mia .1'qualis. GF.MF.RIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth 

 common oblong, imbricated ; scales very many, unequal, 

 lanceolate, gibbose, permanent. Corolla : common equal ; 

 floscules from ten to fifteen ; corollets one-petalled, funnel- 

 form, twice the length of the calix ; border five-cleft, upright. 

 Stamina: filamenta five, capillary, very short ; anthem |ib- 

 cylindrir, shorter than the tube of the eorollet, gaping with 

 * lip at the top. Pistil : germen inferior ; style the length 

 of the sU.nina : stigmas two, clubbed. Pericarp: ralix 

 unchanged. Sfrdt: solitary, oblong, columnar, striated, 

 nmootli, crowned with a feathery down, longer than the calix 

 or eed. Receptacle: naked, scrobicular, somewhat rugged. 



KNSF.NTIAL CHARACTER. Flowers: floscular. Calix: im- 

 bricate, oblong, cylindrical. Down: plumose. Receptacle: 

 naked. Style: deeply bifid. Stiymas: club-shaped. An- 

 thercc: distinct. The species are. 



1. Kuhnia Enpatorioides. Leaves alternate, petiolcd, 

 broad-lanceolate, naked, somewhat wrinkled, veined under- 

 neath, somewhat toothed, with the middle serraturcs larger; 

 branches alternate from the middle of the stem ; stem a foot 

 and half high, upright, even, and stiflfish ; corollas white ; 

 stamina yellowish white. Native of Pennsylvania. 



2. Kuhnia Critonia. Leaves narrow-lanceolate ; upper 

 leaves linear, very entire, sessile. The flowers are of a pale 

 yellow. The whole plant is pubescent. It flowers in August 

 and September. Found on the mountains of Pennsylvania 

 and Virginia. 



Kyllingia ; a genus of the class Trjandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: ament ovate or 

 oblong, imbricated; scales oblong, distinguishing the flowers. 

 Glume: unequal, compressed, bivalve; valves lanceolate, 

 channelled, acute, much shorter than the corolla, the one 

 shorter than the other. Corolla : glume longer than the 

 calix, compressed, bivalve; valves keeled, unequal, divaricated 

 at the tips, of which one is larger, lanceolate, very sharp, 

 complicated, embracing the margin of the other; the other 

 shorter, narrower. Stamina : filamenta three, awl-shaped, 

 flat; anthcra linear, erect. Pistil: germen obovate, flat- 

 tened, gibbose on one edge ; style filiform ; stigmas two 

 or three, capillary. Pericarp : none ; the glumes of the 

 corolla preserving the seed till ripe. Seed: pblong, three- 

 sided, destitute of hair. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Ament: 

 ovate or oblong, imbricate. Flowers: with a bivalve calix 

 and corolla. The species are, 



1. Kyllingia Monocephala. Culm filiform, three-sided; 

 head globular, sessile; involucre three-leaved, very long. 

 Culm a foot high. Native of the West Indies, where it is 

 very common; also of Japan, and of the Society Isles. 



0. Kyllingia Triceps. Heads terminating in threes, or 

 thereabouts, glomerate, sessile. Culm half a foot high, com- 

 monly decumbent at the base, naked, three-cornered. 

 Native of both Indies, Japan, and the Society Isles. 



3. Kyllingia Panicea. Umbel terminating with spikes, 

 sessile and peduncled, cylindrical, imbricated ; universal 

 involucre four-leaved, or thereabouts ; partial none. Culm 

 setaceous, three-sided, a span high, without knots, leafy at 

 bottom, naked above. Native of the East Indies. 



4. Killingia Filiformis. Umbel terminating, simple : 

 spikes sessile and peduncled, ovate; spikelets ovate, acute : 

 involucre three-leaved ; partial none. Native of Jamaica 

 and Hispaniola. 



5. Kyllingia Umbellata. Umbel terminating; spikes ses- 

 sile and peduncled, cylindrical, squarrosc ; universal invo- 

 lucre many-leaved ; partial three-leaved. Culm three-sided, 

 striated, slender, a foot at the base, naked above. Found 

 by Koenig in the East Indies. 



6. Kyllingia Sumatrensis. Umbel terminating : spikes sei- 

 sile and peduncled, cylindrical, squarrose; universal involucre 

 many leaved; partial none. Found byXVennerberg.in Sumatra. 



7. Kyllingia Cyperina. Culm three-sided, striated, leafy 

 at the base; umbel simple; spikes strict, sessile; universal 

 involucre many-leaved, very long; partial none. -Native of 

 the East Indies. 



8. Kyllingia Pumiln. Culm setaceous; flosculesdiandrons; 

 rapitnluni globose, sessile, solitary : involucre short. It 

 flowers and grows in the western parts of South Carolina and 

 Georgia. 



