KALMIA 



KENNEDYA 



1735 



BB. Lvs. deciduous, alternate. 



cuneata, Michx. Fig. 2032. Erect shrub, with slen- 

 der, straggling sts. to 3 ft.: Ivs. petioled, cuneate, 

 obovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, pubescent beneath 

 when young, %-\Yi in. long: fls. slender-pedicelled, 

 in few-fld. lateral umbels, creamy white with a red 

 band within, l A~%in. across. June. N. C. and S. C. 

 G.F. 8:435 (adapted in Fig. 2032). B.M. 8319. 

 Tender. 



AA. Fls. solitary, axillary: plant hirsute. 



hirsuta, Walt. (Kalmiella hirsiita, Small). Low shrub, 

 with many erect or ascending sts. to 1 ft.: Ivs. alter- 

 nate, almost sessile, oblong to lanceolate, Y^-Y^m.. long: 

 fls. slender-pedicelled, J^in. across, rose-purple; sepals 

 oblong-lanceolate, hirsute, longer than the caps. June. 

 S. Va. to Fla. B.M. 138. L.B.C. 11:1058. Tender. 



ALFRED REHDER. 



KALOPANAX: Acanthopanax. 

 KALOSANTHES: Rochea. 

 KARAT AS: Aregelia. 

 KAULFtJSSIA: Charieis. 



KENDRICKIA (personal commemorative name). 

 Melastomacese. A warmhouse root-climber from S. 

 India and Ceylon, where the sts. "in their lower part 

 creep up trees like ivy, hence flattened with the Ivs. 

 distichous." Species one, K. Walkeri, Hook, f., offered 

 abroad: Ivs. opposite, fleshy, stalked, oblong or obovate, 

 obtuse, about 1 Yi in- long, the margins glandular-hairy 

 and the surface dotted white: fls. "tinging the forest 

 red" when the plants ascend to the tops of the tallest 

 trees, borne in few-fld. umbels or solitary; calyx rose- 

 purple, urn-shaped; corolla bright red, the 4 fleshy 

 petals about 1 in. long; stamens 8, equal, the anthers 

 opening at the apex by a pore and somewhat produced 

 or extended at the base: fr. a globose caps, opening by 

 4-6 valves at the apex. Probably requires the treatment 

 given other warm melastomaceous plants. See Melas- 

 toma. L. H. B. 



KENNEDYA (Kennedy, of the nursery firm of Ken- 

 nedy & Lee, important English nurserymen of the lat- 

 ter part of eighteenth century). Leguminosse. Woody 

 trailers or twiners, making excellent plants for the 

 intermediate house or conservatory. 



Perennials, usually pubescent or villous, prostrate 

 and trailing or climbing, the st. more or less woody: 

 Ivs. mostly pinnately 3-foliolate, sometimes with 5 Ifts. 

 or even reduced to 1, the Ifts. stipellate, entire or some- 

 what 3-lobed: fls. papilionaceous, red to almost black, 

 disposed in pairs, umbels or racemes, or sometimes 

 solitary; calyx 2-lipped by the cohesion of 2 upper 

 lobes ; standard orbicular or obovate, narrowed to a 

 claw, and bearing minute auricles; wings falcate, joined 

 to the incurved keel; stamens 9 and 1: pod linear, 

 flattened or cylindrical, 2-valved with pithy divisions 

 between the seeds. Species about a dozen, in Austral. 

 Closely allied to Hardenbergia, but differs in the larger 

 red or red-black rather than white or blue fls., and char- 

 acters of keel and infl. These genera belong to the 

 Phaseolus tribe. 



The species are known mostly as glasshouse subjects. 

 They propagate with ease from seeds, and also from 

 cuttings of firm green wood; they require an intermedi- 

 ate temperature. Insects are likely to trouble them. 

 They are mostly spring and summer bloomers, and 

 should rest in winter. Give plenty of water during 

 summer. They should be given support; they grow 

 from 3 to 10 feet high, making stiff, woody stems. They 

 may be trimmed back freely when at rest. The taller 

 kinds, like K. rubicunda and K. coccinea, are excellent 

 for rafters. K. nigricans is an old garden plant, still 

 grown in this country under the name of Lotus nigricans. 



Well-rooted plants may be planted permanently in 

 the greenhouse border. 



A. Fls. nearly black. 



nigricans, Lindl. Twining, robust, somewhat pubes- 

 cent: Ifts. (sometimes reduced to 1) broad-ovate or 

 rhomboid, entire, obtuse or emarginate, 2-3 in. long; 

 stipules small and reflexed: fls. slender, 1 in. or more 

 long, in short 1 -sided axillary racemes, deep violet-pur- 

 ple or almost black, green-blotched on the standard 

 which is narrowly obovate and reflexed ; wings about as 

 long as keel, and narrow: pod flattened. W. Austral. B. 

 R. 1715. B.M. 3652. An immense grower in S. Calif. 



AA. Fls. red or scarlet. 

 B. Standard narrow-obovate. 



rubicunda, Vent. Pubescent, twining : Ivs. 3-foliolate; 

 Ifts. 3^4 in. or more long, ovate to orbicular or ovate- 

 lanceolate, entire; 

 stipules small and 

 reflexed: fls. dull red, 

 drooping in racemes 

 that usually do not 

 exceed the Ivs.; stan- 

 dard narrow-obovate, 

 reflexed from near 

 the middle; wings 

 narrow and erect 

 adhering to 

 above the mid- 

 dle : pod flat 

 or nearly so. 

 L.B.C. 10:954. 

 B.M. 268 (as 

 Glycine rubi- 

 cunda). B. R. 

 1101 (as Am- 

 phodus ovatus). 



keel 



2032. Kalmia cuneata. 

 (XH) 



H.F. 11.4:166. 



BB. Standard 

 broad-ovate 

 or orbicu- 

 lar. 



prostrata, R. Br. 

 Prostrate, pubescent: 

 Ivs. 3-foliolate; Ifts. 

 broad-obovate or 

 orbicular, less than 1 

 in. long, often wavy; 

 stipules leafy, cor- 

 date : fls. 2-4: on each 

 peduncle (which usu- 

 ally exceeds the Ivs.), 

 scarlet, %in. long; 

 standard obovate; 

 keel incurved and 

 obtuse; wings narrow 



and short: pod nearly cylindrical, pubescent. B.M. 270 

 (as Glycine coccinea). J.H. III. 44:65. 



Var. major, DC. (K. Mdrryattse, Lindl. K. Marryat- 

 tidna, Hort.). Larger and more hairy, twining: Ifts. 

 larger, strongly undulate; stipules sometimes 1 in. 

 across: fls. large, deep scarlet. B.R. 1790. Gn. 28:60. 

 Gn.W. 4:505. H.U. 5, p. 139. A.F. 3 : 547. A very 

 handsome winter-flowering twiner. 



coccinea, Vent. Prominently pubescent, trailing or 

 twining: Ifts. 3 or 5, ovate or oblong, very obtuse, often 

 somewhat 3-lobed; stipules very small: fl. ^in. long, 

 scarlet, in long-peduncled clusters of 15-20; standard 

 orbicular; keel very obtuse, short: pod flattened. B.M. 

 2664. L.B.C. 12:1126. Known under several names, 

 as K. inophylla, Lindl., B.R. 1421; K. dilatata, Cunn., 

 B.R. 1526; Zichya tricolor, Lindl., B.R. 25:52; Z. villdsa, 

 Lindl., B.R. 28:68, and others. Handsome slender 

 twiner or trailer. 



