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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 handhng of 

 this class of plants, see Succuletils; 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—i ft. tall: 

 lower Ivs. ovate, obtu.se, 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 }2in. 

 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 Jsin. 

 long, yellowish green, thinly glandular- pubescent; 

 lobes about I4m- 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 1}4-1J'2 in. 

 wide), fleshy, obscurely crenate-dentate or almost 

 entire: fls. yellow and orange-scarlet, ) 2iu. across; calyx 

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

 somewhat acute; corolla-tube 4-angled, less than J 2111. 

 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 } 2in- 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 J'2in. long, 

 glabrous or pubescent; lobes acute, oblong-lanceolate. 

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

 nata, Hatnet =Bryophyllum crenatum. 



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

 leafy belovy : 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 }-^in. long), the lobes narrow- 

 lanceolate and acute. S. Afr. 



AA. Fls. pink. 

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

 glabrous: Ivs. 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 3'2in- across; calyx parted to the base, the segms. 

 linear-pointed; corslla-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. iL'hite or white-yellow, very long. 



marmorata, Baker (A', grandifibra. 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 coUectiona of 

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

 not be found in the regular manuals: A', angolensis, N. E. Br. Lva. 

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

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

 Bi-ntii, 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 } 2 in. long, 4-angled, inflated at base, the limb nearly 1 in. 

 across. Arabia. B.M. 7705.— if. diiersa, N. E. Br. St. 1 ;-2-2 ft. 

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

 brous: fls. with a green tube J 2in. long and vermilion-orange shorter 

 lobes. Somaliland. — K. Dyeri, N. E. Br. A fine species, 2-2 ^ 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 ?-2 in. long, and a pure white spreading 

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

 K. Elizx, Berger. St. simple, about S in.: ivs. oblong, nearly 4 in. 

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

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

 about \ 2in. long. Trop. Afr. — K. feUhatnensis. Hort., is a hybrid of 

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

 Bentii and K. flammea. — K. tatisepala, 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 M in. long; lobes ?-2in. long, ovate or elhptic-ovate. 

 Trop. Afr. — A'. Litcise, Hamet. St. stout, simple, erect: Ivs. 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. 2J-2 ft. or 

 more, glabrous, green and with no bloom: Ivs. petioled, 3J.'2 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 Vo in. * 

 long. Uganda (Trop. .-Vfr.). — K. prasina. N. E. Br. Small, with 

 small and not attractive fls.: sts. leafy, about 1?2 in. long: Ivs. 

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

 crenate: fls. with a green tube less than |4in. long, and short white 

 lobes with greenish center. Trop. Afr. — K. somali^nsis, 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 2*2 in. long; lobes ovate-lanceolate. Somaliland. 

 — A', sexartgularis. 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 S in. long. 

 Probably Transvaal. T H R ^ 



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

 202S. This plant and the so-called Georgia eollard are 

 without doubt more closely akin to the wild cabbage of 

 Europe than any of the other cultivated forms of Bras- 



