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KALANCHOE 



KALE 



terminal paniculate cymes, rather large and often 

 showy; calyx 4-parted, the narrow lobes shorter than 

 the corolla-tube, usually falling early; corolla 4-parted 

 and mostly spreading, the tube usually urn-shaped; 

 stamens 8: carpels, 4. More than 100 species, in the 

 Old World tropics and in S. Afr., and 1 reported from 

 Brazil. A few species are prized by amateurs. The fls. 

 are lasting in bouquets. For the general handling of 

 this class of plants, see Succulents; also Cotyledon and 

 Crassula. They prop, readily by seeds and cuttings. 



A. Fls. of the red, scarlet, orange, yellow series. 



coccinea, Welw. Somewhat hairy above, 2-4 ft. tall: 

 lower Ivs. ovate, obtuse, coarsely crenate-dentate, 

 stalked; upper Ivs. linear-lanceolate, obtuse, sessile: fls. 

 scarlet or orange, on short pedicels, in broad forking 

 panicles which have stalks about 1 ft. long; calyx pubes- 

 cent, the segms. lanceolate, acute; corolla-tube J^in. 

 long, the limb J^in. across, and the segms. deltoid- 

 ovate, acuminate and glabrous or pubescent. Trop. Afr. 



Kirkii, N. E. Br. St. 2-4 ft., simple or branched, 

 more or less glandular-pubescent: lower Ivs. soft- 

 fleshy, pubescent, oblong to lanceolate, about 4 in. or 

 less long, the petioles to 2 in. long, irregularly crenate- 

 dentate; uppermost Ivs. linear-cuneate, nearly or quite 

 entire: fls. brilliant orange-scarlet, in large corymbose 

 cymes; calyx-lobes or sepals (free to base) oblong, 

 acute, green, glandular-pubescent; corolla-tube J^in. 

 long, yellowish green, thinly glandular - pubescent ; 

 lobes about J^in. long, elliptic, scarlet-orange, red on 

 the back. Trop. Afr. R.H. 1914, p. 21. M.D.G. 

 1908:521. 



flammea, Stapf. A foot to 18 in. high, glabrous, lit- 

 tle branching: Ivs. ovate-oblong, obtuse, narrowed into 

 a short petiole (blade about 2 in. long and \y^-\Yi in. 

 wide), fleshy, obscurely crenate-dentate or almost 

 entire: fls. yellow and orange-scarlet, J^in. across; calyx 

 parted to the base, the segms. linear-lanceolate and 

 somewhat acute; corolla-tube 4-angled, less than J^in. 

 long, yellowish; lobes ovate-acute, orange-red. Trop. 

 Afr. B.M.7595. G.C. III. 26:47. Thrives in a com- 

 paratively cool greenhouse. 



glaucescens, Brit. St. glabrous, terete, 2 ft. or more, 

 sometimes with long ascending pubescent branches 

 which are nearly leafless below : lower Ivs. narrow-ovate, 

 obtuse and irregularly crenate, 5 in. long, narrowed to 

 clasping petioles: infl. glaucous, being a di- or trichot- 

 omous panicle; fls. red or dark yellow, sometimes on 

 few-fld. peduncles from the upper nodes; calyx-lobes lan- 

 ceolate, acute or nearly so, short; corolla-tube Jiin. long, 

 bearing short narrow-ovate acute segms. Trop. Afr. 



crenata, Haw. St. glabrous, or somewhat hispid in 

 the upper part, 2-6 ft. high from a thick fibrous root: 



2027. A Norfolk kale field at the Christmas harvest time. 



Ivs. oblong or roundish ovate or spatulate, 2-3 in. long, 

 coarsely crenate, obtuse: infl. of many-fld. axillary and 

 terminal cymes; fls. bright yellow or orange; calyx- 

 lobes glabrous or hispid-viscid, lanceolate and acute, 

 only slightly joined at base; corolla-tube %in. long, 

 glabrous or pubescent; lobes acute, oblong-lanceolate. 

 Trop. Afr. B.M. 1436 (as Cotyledon crenata). K. cre- 

 nata, H&met=Bryophyllum crenatum. 



rotundifdlia, Haw. St. glabrous, slender, 1-3 ft., 

 leafy below: Ivs. roundish obovate, obovate or spatulate, 

 nearly entire or crenulate, somewhat petioled, the lower 

 ones 1-2 in. long: infl. of panicled trichotomous flat- 

 topped cymes; fls. orange or deep yellow; calyx small; 

 corolla small (less than J^in. long), the lobes narrow- 

 lanceolate and acute. S. Afr. 



AA. Fls. pink. 



caraea, Mast. Fig. 2026. Sts. simple, 2 ft, or less, 

 glabrous: lys. oval or obovate, obtuse, crenate-dentate, 

 narrowed into a short petiole, the upper ones nearly 

 linear and sessile: fls. light rose or pink, very fragrant, 

 nearly ^in. across; calyx parted to the base, the segms. 

 linear-pointed; corolla-tube swollen at base and 2-3 

 times longer than calyx: corolla-lobes broad-oval, acute. 

 S. Afr. G.C. III. 1:211. G.F. 3:53 (reduced in Fig. 

 2026). Good winter bloomer, prop, by seeds or cut- 

 tings. Seeds sown in spring give blooming plants for 

 following Christmas. 



AAA. Fls. white or white-yellow, very long. 

 marmorata, Baker (K. grandiflora, Rich., not Wight). 

 St. stout and branching: Ivs. large (6-^8 in. long), 

 obovate, narrowed to a short broad petiole, crenate, 

 blotched with purple: fls. long and tubular (3 in. or 

 more long), creamy white or yellowish, the lobes ovate- 

 acuminate. Abyssinia. B.M. 7333. I.H. 43, p. 45. 

 Interesting pot-plant, with large trusses of erect fls. 



Any number _ of kalanchoes may appear in the collections of 

 fanciers. Following are some of the more recent kinds, which may 

 not be found in the regular manuals: K. angolensis, N. E. Br. Lvs. 

 fleshy, to 4 in. long and half as broad: fls. bright yellow and numer- 

 ous, variable in the number of its corolla-lobes. Trop. Afr. K. 

 Bentii, C. H. Wright. St. 3 ft., unbranched, nearly 1 in. diam.: Ivs. 

 about 6 pairs near top of St., rigid and subcylindrical, 3-6 in. long: 

 fls. white, in a loose erect panicle; calyx-lobes fleshy and spreading; 

 corolla 1 Yi in. long, 4-angled, inflated at base, the limb nearly 1 in. 

 across. Arabia. B.M. 7765. K. diversa, N. E. Br. St. 1 ^-2 ft. 

 high: Ivs. lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, to 5 in. long, toothed, gla- 

 brous: fls. with a green tube Hin. long and vermilion-orange shorter 

 lobes. Somaliland. K . Dyeri, N. E. Br. A fine species, 2-2 Yi ft. 

 high, glabrous: Ivs. elliptic and spreading, 4-7 in. long, coarsely 

 toothed, petiole to 3 in. long: infl. corymbose-cymose, to 1 ft. long; 

 fls. with a pale green tube 1 Yz in. long, and a pure white spreading 

 limb of lanceolate-acute lobes 1 in. long. Trop. Afr. B.M. 7987. 

 K. Elizse, Berger. St. simple, about 8 in. : Ivs. oblong, nearly 4 in. 

 long, entire: fls. red, in axillary thyrse-like panicles; corolla almost 

 2-lipped, the tube nearly 1 in. long, the lobes linear and acute and 

 about Jiin. long. Trojx Afr. K. felthamensis, Hort., is a hybrid of 

 K. flammea and K. Kirkii. K. kewensis, Hort., is a hybrid of K. 

 Bentii and K. flammea. K. latisepala, N. E. Br. Related to K. 

 Dyeri, but Ivs. sessile and fls. about half the size: St. about 2 ft.: 

 Ivs. obovate, 4-5 in. long: fls. white, in many-fld. terminal cymes; 

 corolla-tube 1 \i in. long; lobes Hm. long, ovate or elliptic-ovate. 

 Trop. Afr. K. Liicix, Hamet. St. stout, simple, erect: lys. sessile, 

 obovate or obovate-spatulate, 1-3 in. long: fls. (color not given) in a 

 panicle-like cluster, the corolla urn-shaped and the segms. shorter 

 than tube. Transvaal. K. mdgnidens, N. E. Br. St. 2 Yt ft. or 

 more, glabrous, green and with no bloom: Ivs. petioled, 3Ji in. or 

 less long, the lower elliptic-ovate and with 3 or 4 large teeth on 

 either side: infl. loosely branched, the ultimate cymes compact, 

 9-25-fld. ; corolla light salmon, the tube somewhat less than Yi in. 

 long. Uganda (Trop. Afr.). K. prasina, N. E. Br. Small, with 

 small and not attractive fls.: sts. leafy, about \Yi in. long: Ivs. 

 obovate or spatulate-obovate, 2-3 in. long, entire, or obscurely 

 crenate: fls. with a green tube less than J^in. long, and short white 

 lobes with greenish center. Trop. Afr. K. somaliensis, Baker. 

 Erect, shrubby: Ivs. obovate or oblong-obovate, 4-6 in. long, 

 toothed: fls. in a loose cyme to 10 in. long, white faintly tinged yel- 

 low; corolla-tube 1Yi in. long; lobes ovate-lanceolate. Somaliland. 

 K. sexangularis, N. E. Br. St. 6-angled, simple and straight, 

 about 3 ft. high: Ivs. stalked, the lower ones elliptic or suborbicular, 

 about 3 in. long: fls. small, yellow, in a panicle about 8 in. long. 

 Probably Transvaal. T TT R 



KALE (Brassica oleracea var. acephala). Figs. 2027, 

 2028. This plant and the so-called Georgia collard are 

 without doubt more closely akin to the wild cabbage of 

 Europe than any of the other cultivated forms of Bras- 



