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KADSURA (Japanese name). Magnoliacex. Tropi- 

 cal Asian woody climbers. Kadsuras have leathery or 

 rarely membranous foliage: fls. axillary, solitary, 

 whitish or rosy, unisexual; sepals and petals 9-15, grad- 

 ually changing from the outermost and smallest to the 

 innermost and petaloid; staminate fls. with an indefinite 

 number of stamens, which are separate or coalesced 

 into a globe: carpels indefinite in number, 2-3-ovuled: 

 mature berries in globular heads. About 8 species, 

 of one of which Charles S. Sargent writes (G.F. 6:75): 

 "The flowers are not at all showy, but it is a plant of 

 extraordinary beauty in the autumn when the clusters 

 of scarlet fruit are ripe, their brilliancy 

 being heightened by contrast with 

 the dark green, lustrous, persistent 

 leaves. ... It might well be grown 

 wherever the climate is sufficiently 

 mild, as in the autumn no plant is 

 more beautiful." 



japonica, Linn. Small, procumbent, 

 warty shrub : Ivs. oval or oblong-oval, 

 thick, serrate: peduncles 1-fld., soli- 

 tary. Japan, as far as 35 north lati- 

 tude. The type is advertised by 

 Japanese dealers; also a variety with 

 foliage blotched with white, and 

 another with foliage margined white. 



KAEMPFERIA (Engelbert Kaemp- 

 fer, 1631-1716, traveled in the Orient, 

 and wrote on Japan). Zingiberdcese. 

 Tuberous- or fleshy-rooted plants, 

 grown for foliage and flowers. 



Often stemless or apparently so, 

 the few Ivs. aggregated at the base 

 and sometimes distichous on the st. : 

 Ivs. mostly broader than lanceolate: 

 fls. in a bracted tuft or small cluster 

 in the center of the If .-clump, or in a 

 peduncled raceme, often large and 

 showy, white, yellow, violet or pur- 

 ple; calyx cylindrical or funnelform, 

 toothed; corolla tubular, exserted, 

 with narrow lobes; staminodia petal- 

 like and the showy parts, one of them 

 being a broad lip; fertile stamen 1. 

 More than 50 species in Trop. Asia 

 and Afr. Schumann, Engler's Pflan- 

 zenreich, hft. 20 (1904). For cult, see 

 Hedychium and Zingiber. 



A. Foliage margined with white. 

 Gflbertii, Bull. Stemless, fleshy- 

 rooted: Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, deep 

 green, bordered white, wavy at the margin: fls. purple 

 and white. E.Indies. G.C. II. 17:713. R.B. 21:169. 

 S.H. 2:131. G.Z. 27, p. 217. Intro, by W. Bull, 1882. 

 Reasoner Bros. cult, this outdoors in S. Fla., and say, 

 "The fls. are borne on ornamental crimson heads rising 

 from the ground on separate stalks, and resembling in 

 outline small pineapple frs. These heads retain their 

 beauty all summer." 



AA. Foliage not margined with white. 



B. I/vs. tinged purple beneath. 



rotunda, Linn. Stemless, tuberous: Ivs. not produced 

 until after the fls., oblong, erect, petioled: corolla-segms. 



2026. Ealanchoe carnea. (Plant X Ifi 



long-linear; staminodes oblong, acute, white, 

 in. long; lip lilae or reddish, deeply cut into 2 sub- 

 orbicular lobes ; anther-crest deeply 2-fid : petiole short, 

 channelled; blade 12 in. long, 3-4 in. wide, usually 

 variegated with darker and lighter green above and 

 tinged purple beneath : spikes 4-6-fld., produced in March 

 and April. India. B.M. 920 and 6054. R.B. 25:181. 



BB. Lz;s. not tinged purple beneath. 



Kirkii, Schumann (Cienkowskya Kirkii, Hook. f.). 

 Lf.-st. 3-4 in. long: Ivs. about 4, crowded at the apex 

 of the st., oblong, acute, 8-^9 in. long, 23^-3 in. wide 

 at the middle: flowering sts. short, 

 slender, 1-fld.; corolla-lobes oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1 in. long; staminodes 

 more than twice as long as the corolla- 

 lobes, pale rose-purple; lip rounded 

 at the apex, slightly notched, 2 in. 

 broad, with a yellow mark at the 

 throat. Trop. Afr. B.M. 5994. I.H. 

 30:495. G.W. 2, p. 253. Var. elatior, 

 Stapf. Taller: Ivs. longer, the base 

 long-attenuate, the petiole longer: lip 

 bright rose, with a yellow blotch 

 bordered by purple marking. Rho- 

 desia. B.M. 8188. 



K. lutea, C. H. Wright. Stemless: Ivs. 3 or 



4, about 9 in. long, oblong, green and gla- 

 brous above but paler and pilose beneath: 

 scape 3Ji in. high; bracts about 8, rounded 

 and green; fls. yellow, the lip entire and 

 orange-yellow. Penang (India). K. rdsea, 

 Schweinf. Much like K. Kirkii, but said to 

 be more beautiful: rootstock short and fleshy, 

 with many cord-like roots: Ivs. about 18 in. 

 long, the blade bright green and plaited: 

 scape 18 in. high, bearing about 6 fls. to many, 

 which are above 2 in. across, brilliant rose-red 

 and open one at a time, with an orange- 

 blotched throat. Cent. Afr. 



WILHELM MILLER. 

 L. H. B.f 



KAFIR or K. CORN: Sorghum. 



KAGENECKIA (F. v. Kageneck, 

 an Austrian minister to Spain). 

 Rosacese. Very few species of tender 

 small evergreen trees from Chile and 

 Peru, one of which has been grown in 



5. Calif, but now is probably lost to 

 cult, in this country. The fls. are 

 white, 5-petaled, about %in. across, 

 and unisexual. The male fls. are borne 

 in racemes or corymbs; the females 

 are solitary; all are terminal: Ivs. 

 leathery, serrate, stalked: stamens 

 16-20, inserted on the mouth of the 



calyx, in 1 series: carpels 5, free: ovules numerous. 



obldnga, Ruiz & Pav. Lvs. oblong, acuminate at both 

 ends, the serrations obtuse and rather callous. Chile. 

 B.R. 1836 (as K. cratsegifolia) . L H. B. 



KAKI: Diospyros and Persimmon. 



KALANCHOE (from Chinese name). Crassulacese. 

 Sometimes spelled Calanchoe. Succulent glasshouse 

 herbs or subshrubs, with interesting foliage and flowers. 



Usually robust erect plants: Ivs. opposite, fleshy, 

 sessile or stalked, varying from entire to crenate and 

 pinnatifid: fls. yellow, purple or scarlet, in many-fid. 



(1731) 



