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KENNEDYA 



KERRIA 



K. audomariensis, Hort., is probably a form of Hardenbergia 

 monophylla, although reputed to be a hybrid between that species 

 and K. prostrata var. major (K. Marryatae). Fls. rosy red, in 

 racemes: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, petioled: handsome. 

 R.B. 27 : 25. K. Beckxidna, F. Muell. Much like K. rubicunda, but 

 peduncles 2-fld. : twining: Ivs. 3-foliolate, the Ifts. obovate to ellip- 

 tic, to 3 in. long: fls. red with a green-yellow dark-margined blotch 

 at base of standard, about 1 % in- long. S.W. Austral. B.M. 

 8358. A showy and striking plant. K. cserulea, Hort., is probably 

 Hardenbergia Comptoniana. K. Comptoniana, Link.=Harden- 

 bergia Comptoniana. K. eximia, Lindl. Twining or prostrate, silky 

 or becoming glabrous: Ifts. 3, ovate, or obovate, not exceeding 1 in. 

 long, very obtuse, fls. scarlet, not large, 2 or 3 more on a peduncle; 

 standard very broadly obovate or nearly orbicular: pod usually 

 curved. W. Austral. P.M. 16:35. H.F. 4:166. K. longiracembsa, 

 Lindl.=Hardenbergia monophylla. K. macrophylla, Lindi.= 

 Hardenbergia Comptoniana. K. ovata, Sims=Hardenbergia 

 monophylla. K . retrorsa, Hemsl. Twining, reddish hairy on the 

 young growths: Ivs. 3-6 in. long, 3-foliolate, petioled; Ifts. oval 

 to sub-orbicular: fls. rose-purple with white spot on standard, about 

 %in. across, borne in a peduncled raceme: pod retrorsely pilose. 

 E. Austral. B.M. 8144. K. Stlrlingii, Lindl. Hairy, trailing or 

 twining: Ivs. 3-foliolate, ovate to orbicular, very obtuse; stipules 

 broadly cordate: fls. scarlet, in 1-3 pairs on axillary peduncles: pod 

 very turgid. W. Austral. B.R. 1845. I H B 



KENTIA (after William Kent, horticulturist, compan- 

 ion of Reinwardt in journeys through the Indian archi- 

 pelago). Palmacese, tribe Arecese. Ornamental spine- 

 less palms grown in the greenhouse. 



Leaves pinnate, sharp-pointed or 2-toothed; Ifts. lin- 

 ear-lanceolate, midnerves scaly beneath, and rachis 

 angled above; petiole channelled above, rounded on the 

 back. It differs from Areca in the sharply 4-angled 

 branchlets of the spadices; and from Hedyscepe and 

 Kentiopsis in having only 6 stamens. Species at most 

 6 or 7, from the Moluccas to N. Austral. The type is 

 K. procera, Blume, from New Guinea, which is not 

 cult. It is probable that none of the kentias known to 

 the American trade belongs properly in this genus. 



K. australis, Hort., from Lord Howe's Island, is probably one of 

 the four following palms which, according to Maiden in Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N. S. W. 1898, are the only palms on that island: Clinostigma 

 Mooreanum, Howea Belmoreana and H. Forsteriana, and Hedyscepe 

 Canterburyana. K. australis was intro. 1873 and advertised 1893. 

 K. Baiieri, Seem.=Rhopalostylis Baueri. K. Belmoreana, C. 

 Moore=Howea Belmoreana. K. Belmoreana, F. Muell. =Howea 

 Belmoreana. K. Brownii, Hort. Dedicated to D. S. Brown, of St. 

 Louis, Mo. Resembles K. Macarthuri. Lvs. pinnate, arching; 

 Ifts. truncate and premorse. Very graceful. A.G. 15:266. This is, 

 perhaps, Nenga or Hydriastele. K. Canterburyana, F. Muell. = 

 Hedyscepe Canterburyana. K. divaricata, Planch.=Kentiopsis 

 divaricata. K. Dumoniana, Hort. Adv. 1895. F.R. 1:379. K. 

 elegans, Brongn. & Gris.=Cyphopho3nix elegans. K. exhorrhiza, 

 Wendl.=Exhorrhiza Wendlandiana. K. Forsteriana, F. Muell.= 

 Howea Forsteriana, considered by Bentham to be only a form of 

 Howea Belmoreana, although horticulturists do not accept this. 

 K. frutescens, Hort. Cult, by Siebrecht & Son. K. fulcita, Brong.= 

 Cyphophoenix fulcita. K. grdcilis, Hort.=Microkentia gracilis. 

 K. Kersteniana, Hort. Lvs. very slender, dark green, arching, as- 

 cending, widely pinnated; Ifts. broadly cuneate, shaped like a shark's 

 fin, the truncate apex curiously erose, ragged, the upper margin 

 extending into a long, sharp tip; petioles covered with light grayish 

 brown pubescence. New Ireland. A.G. 20:223 (1899). G.C. III. 

 24:391. This is probably a Nenga. K. Undenii, Hort.=Kentiop- 

 sis macrocarpa. K. Luciani, Lind.=Kentiopsis macrocarpa. K. 

 Macarthuri, Hort.=Ptychosperma Macarthuri, which see. K. 

 Mooreana, F. Muell.=Clinostigma Mooreanum. K. Mdrei, Hort. 

 Dreer. Possibly same as K. Mooreana. K . rubricaulis, Hort. Lvs. 

 pinnate, ovate, with red petioles. Adv. 1895. K. rupicola, Hort. 

 Adv. 1895. K. Sanderiana, Hort. Very slender in habit, very 

 hard foliage, spreading: Ifts. very narrow, arranged on an arching 

 rachis similar to Cocos Weddelliana. A graceful plant for jardin- 

 ieres or conservatories. A.G. 20:223. A.F. 20:603. Gn.M. 2:226. 

 G. W. 2:399. K. sdpida, Mart.=Rhopalostylis sapid*. K. Van 

 HoiiUei, Hort.=Veitchia, sp. (?). Adv. 1895. K. Veitchii, Hort. 

 probably = Hedyscepe Canterburyana. K. Wendlandiana, F. 

 Muell. =Hydriastele Wendlandiana. -^ r r A vTr>Tt 



KENTltfPSIS (Greek: like Kentia). Palmacex. 

 A small but very handsome group of palms with tall 

 unarmed stems. 



Leaves equally pinnate; pinnae sub-opposite, very 

 coriaceous, narrow, sword-shaped, narrowed to the 

 obtuse or toothed apex, with strong mid-nerve, promi- 

 nent veins and thickened margins: spadix large, thick, 

 the branches stout and long; fls. monoecious, spirally 

 disposed; ovary globose-ovoid followed by a thick- 

 walled fr. There are 3 species, all Australian. G.C. II. 

 25:75. Kentiopsis belongs to a large group of genera 

 mentioned under Hedyscepe, which differ from Kentia 

 in having the ovule fastened on the side of the locule, 



and more or less pendulous, instead of fastened at the 

 base and erect, as in Kentia. Kentiopsis is distin- 

 guished from Hydriastele by having its fls. arranged 

 spirally instead of in 4 ranks. From numerous other 

 cult, allies it is distinguished by the following charac- 

 ters: stamens numerous, 20-25: If.-segms. narrowed, 

 obtuse or dentate: sepals of the staminate fls. triangu- 

 lar-orbicular, broadly overlapping. Cult, as in Kentia. 

 macrocarpa, Brongn. (Kentia Lindenii, Hort., Lind. 

 Kentia Luciani, Lind.). About 20 ft., usually less in 

 cult. : rachis flat above, convex below. The form known 

 as Kentia Luciani, has bright green Ivs., tinged with 

 brown on the under surface, the young petiole yellow- 

 ish, later becoming brown. I.H. 24:276; 29:451. R.H. 

 1881:372. F. 1884, p. 71. S.H. 2:117. The species is 

 distinguished by the reddish tinge of the young Ivs. 



K. divaricata, Brongn. (Kentia divaricata, Planch.), is referred 

 by Drude in Engler & Prantl, to Drymophloeus. It may be dis- 

 tinguished from the preceding by the alternate pinnae and tri- 

 angular rachis, keeled above. I.H. 28:409. This has been confused 

 in the trade with Kentia gracilis, which is referred by Index Kewen- 

 sis to Microkentia gracilis. See I.H. 23:245. Advertised 1895. K. 

 olivseformis, Brongn., is characterized by the 4-angled rachis. Not 



N. TAYLOK.t 

 KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS: Poa pratensis. 



KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE: Gymnodadus canadensis. 



KERNERA (Johann Simon von Kerner, 1755-1830, 

 professor of botany at Stuttgart). Crutiferse. Under 

 this name amateurs cult, a rock-plant growing about 4 

 in. high, which blooms profusely all summer, its fls. 

 being small, white, and borne in elongated umbels. 

 Bentham & Hooker regard Kernera as a subgenus of 

 Cochlearia, in which the stamens are longer and bowed 

 at the apex: pods turgid; valves very convex: cotyle- 

 dons accumbent or incumbent. Prantl (in Engler & 

 Prantl, Pflanzenfamilien), however, keeps the genus 

 distinct, comprising 5 species in the mountains of 

 Cent, and S. Eu. They are perennial herbs, with simple 

 or pinnately parted Ivs. 



The species grown in rock-gardens is a compact 

 branching, neat-habited plant thriving in any light soil 

 that is moderately rich. It requires a sunny but not too 

 dry situation. Prop, by cuttings, division or seed. K. 

 saxdtilis, Reichb. (Cochlearia saxdtilis, Linn.). Root- 

 Ivs. oblong, dentate, pilose; st.-lvs. linear-oblong: 

 petals 4, obovate, 2-3 times as long as the calyx: seeds 

 numerous, not margined. Pyrenees to Carpathians. 



WILHELM MILLER. 



KERRIA (after William Kerr, a gardener who intro- 

 duced this and many other plants from China; d. 

 1814; not J. Bellenden Ker or M. Kerr, as often 

 stated). Rosaceae. A monotypic genus, one of the first 

 shrubs brought from Japan, best known by its weak, 

 slender green branches, slender irregularly toothed 

 leaves and large yellow flowers. 



From Rhodotypus, a close relative, it differs in its 

 5 rather than 4 petals, 5-8 rather than 4 carpels, and 

 in the dry achene rather than drupe. The related 

 genus Neviusa lacks petals, and has 2-4 carpels. 

 K. japonica, DC. (Cdrchorus japonicus, Thunb.), is 

 a very common bush in yards under the name of 

 JAPANESE ROSE, CORCHORUS and the prevailing double 

 form as GLOBE-FLOWER. (Fig. 2033) : Ivs. simple, alter- 

 nate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, largely unequally 

 serrate, 1-2 in. long, clear green above, pale below, 

 thin, slightly pubescent: fls. abundant, solitary, 

 terminal, peduncled, 1-2 in. diam. appearing in 

 June and more or less throughout the year; calyx 

 persistent, 5-lobed; petals 5, large, yellow, ovate; 

 stamens numerous: carpels 5-8, globose, distinct. 

 A.G. 18:425. F.E. 9:593. R.H. 1869, p. 293. Gn. 

 21, p. 275. Var. flore-pleno, double, more vigorous 

 and more frequent in cult, than the single. B.M. 1296. 

 G. 26:345; 27:146. G.M. 50:210. G.Z. 9:48. Var. 

 grandiflora, a vigorous form with large fls. Var. 



