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The second species has a woody stern, six or 

 seven feet high, sending out weak branches : 

 the leaves arc opposite, sessile : the flowers ter- 

 minating in small clusters ; they have long slen- 

 der tubes, divided into four segments at top, and 

 are white, without scent. It is a native of the 

 East Indies. 



Culture. — These plants may be increased hy 

 seeds, when they can be procured from the coun- 

 tries where they grow naturall v, as they do not per- 

 fect l!>eni in this climate. They should be sown 

 in small pots as soon as they arrive, and be plunged 

 into a hot-bed, when they arrive in autnnm or 

 winter seasons, the pots being plimged in the 

 tan-bed in the stove ; but when they come in the 

 spring, it is best to plunge them in a tan-bed 

 under frames. Tlie seeds sometimes come up 

 in about six weeks, if they are quite fresh ; other- 

 wise they lie in the ground four or five months. 



or longci". The earth should therefore not be 

 thrown out of the pots till there arc no hopes 

 of their growing. When the plants come up, 

 and are fit to remove, they should be each planted 

 in a separate small pot, filled with light earth, 

 being preserved in the green-house or stove. 



They may also be increased bv cuttings, which 

 should be planted during the sunmier months, 

 in small pots, and plimged into a moderate hot- 

 bed, covering them close either v. ith bell or hand 

 glasses, to exclude the external air, shading them 

 carefully from the sun in the heat of the day 

 until they have put out good roots, when thev 

 should be parted, and each put into a separate 

 pot, treating them as the seedling plants. Mr. 

 Curtis thinks it probable, that tlicsc plants are 

 less tender than is supposed. 



Thev aftbrd variety among other stove orgrcen- 

 housc plants. 



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KADANAKU. See Aloe. 

 K.EMPFEKIA, a genus containing plants 

 of the herbaceous perennial flowery kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Monandria 

 Monogi/nia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Scitaminece. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a su- 

 perior perianthium, obscure : the corolla is one- 

 petalled : tube long, slender : border flat, six- 

 parted : the three alternate divisions lanceolate, 

 equal : the othertwodivisionsovate; theupperone 

 two-parted: the divisions obcordate : all equal in 

 length : the stamina have one membranaceous 

 filament, subovate, emarginate: anther linear, 

 doubled, entirely adnate, scarce emerging from 

 the tulje of the corolla : the pistillum is a round- 

 ish germ : style the length of the tube : stigma 

 two-plated, roundish : the pericarpium is a 

 roundish capside, three-sided, three-celled, three- 

 vah'ed : the seeds are several. 



The species cultivated are: 1. A'. Galmiga, 

 Galangale ; 2. K. rotunda, Round Kasmpferia. 

 The first is an annual, stemless, juicy plant : 

 the root is bulbous, palmate, creeping, with ovate 

 smooth lobes, and awl-shaped thick siniple fibres: 

 the leaves are broad-ovate, forming a ring; next 

 the ground, quite entire, smooth, with many 

 longitudinal grooves, dark green, on short mem- 

 branaceou-s, subterraneous petioles, embracing 



the inner ones: the flower radical, solitary, 

 sessile, juicy, very white, with a large violet spot 

 in the middle. It is a native of the East 

 Indies. 



The second has the roots somewhat like those 

 of the first, but shorter, growing in large clusters, 

 covered with an ash-coloured skin, but within 

 white: from the roots arise the leaves, which 

 fold over each other at their base: they are six or 

 eight inches long, and three broad in the middle, 

 gradually ending in acute points; the flowers 

 arise immediately from the roots, each havino- a 

 spatha at bottom cut into two segments, which 

 closely embrace the foot-stalk : they have six 

 petals, the three lower which decline downward 

 are long and narrow, the two upper are divided 

 so deeply as to appear like a flower with four 

 petals, and the side petal is bifid : they are 

 of mixed colours, blue, purple, white, and 

 red, having a fragrant odour. It fiowers in 

 July and August, and is a native of the East 

 Indies. 



Calture. — These plants are increased by partinor 

 the roots, and planting them out in the spring, 

 before they send forth new leaves, in pots of lioht 

 rich iTiould ; keeping them in the hot-house, 

 giving water plentifully in the summer, but 

 sparingly in the winter season. 



They afford variety in stove collections. 



