KERRIA 



KIGELIA 



1737 



vittato-ramosa, Zabel (A', ramulis variegdtis aicreis), a 

 dwarf form, the branches striped with yellow and 

 green. Var. argenteo-variegata, 2-3 ft. high, with 

 email green Ivs. edged with white. 



Kerria japonica grows 4 to 8 feet high and as broad 

 as high, with numerous short-branched, spreading stems, 

 attractive in winter from its hght green branches; in 

 earl;/ June, when its blossoms appear in greatest abun- 

 dance ; in November, when the leaves are of a clear yel- 

 low; and is not unattractive throughout the whole 

 year. It is a refined plant and deserves free use in 

 ornamental planting, either in simple masses or at the 

 front of a shrubby group or border. It is not thoroughly 



2033. Kerria japonica, the single-flowered form. ( X H) 



hardy in all situations in the northern states, the tips 

 of its branches often winter-killing, which causes it to 

 demand a well-drained and partially sheltered position. 

 It grows in any good garden soil. Although enduring 

 sunlight, it is best in partial shade, since the intensity 

 of full sunlight partially bleaches the flowers. It is 

 propagated by cuttings, layers and root-divisions. 



A. Phelps Witvian. 

 KERSTINGIELLA (Dr. Kersting, of Togoland). 

 Leguminbsse. A very recently described African plant 

 that produces a bean underground, much after the 

 manner of peanut. It is widely cult, by the natives of 

 Trop. Afr. for food, K. geocdrpa, Harms (VoandzHa 

 Poissonii, Chev.). It is a prostrate herb, the main st. 

 creeping, 2-3 in. long, and rooting at the nodes: Ivs. 

 3-foliolate, rising on slender petioles, the Ifts. broadly 

 ovate )r obovate, obtuse: fls. small, in pairs or solitary, 

 sub.sessile in the axils (on the ground) ; corolla papiliona- 

 ceous, greenish white but the standard pale violet at 

 tip: pod maturing underground, indehiscent, usually 

 divided by 1 or 2 constrictions into 2 or 3 joints; seeds 

 oblong or oblong-ovoid, about }4^- long, white, red or 

 mottled: "after fertilization, the solid base or stipe of 

 the pistil, which in the fl. is very short, lengthens into a 



carpopodium and at the same time turns toward the 

 ground; then the corolla and the style are thrown off. 

 The ovary, still very small, is pushed out of the calyx, 

 and by the root-like carpopodium gradually driven into 

 the ground, where finally the growth and the maturation 

 of the ovary into the seed-bearing pod take place." — 



Kew Bull., 1912, p. 209, with fig. 



See VoaTidzeia. 



L. H. B. 



KETELEERIA (after Jean Baptiste Keteleer, a 

 French nurseryman, born in Belgium). Pinacex. Omar 

 mental trees, grown for their handsome fir-Uke foUage 

 and distinct habit. 



Evergreen, of regular pjTamidal habit while young, 

 in old age with a broad flat-topped head: winter-buds 

 globose or ovoid, not resinous: Ivs. hnear, flat or keeled, 

 not grooved above, pale green below, appearing 2- 

 ranked: staminate fls. arranged in clusters: cones 

 upright, with persistent woody scales; bracts inclosed, 

 about half as long as the scales; wings of seeds as long 

 as the scales. — Three or possibly only 2 species in China. 

 Closely alhed to Pseudotsuga and chiefly distinguished 

 by the clustered staminate fls. and the upright fir-Uke 

 cones. In foliage most similar to Abies but easily dis- 

 tinguished by the flat Ivs. being keeled, not grooved 

 above and pale green, not marked with white or whitish 

 hnes beneath. 



The keteleerias are little known in this country and 

 are not hardy North, though the recently introduced 

 A'. Davidiarm is probably hardier than the better known 

 K. Foriunei. They are handsome trees, of fir-like 

 habit while young, but old trees become flat-topped 

 with wide-spreading branches resembling somewhat 

 the cedar of Lebanon in habit. Propagation is by seeds 

 and by cuttings. 



Fortunei, Carr. (Abies Fdrhinei, Murr. Pseudo- 

 tsuga jezoensis, Bertrand. Pinus Fortunei, Pari. 

 Abictia Fdrtunei, Kent). Tall tree, to 100 ft.: branch- 

 lets glabrous, orange-red: Ivs. twisted so as to form 

 1 plane, linear, rigid, mucronate or spiny-pointed, flat, 

 with the midrib prominent on both sides, glossy dark 

 green above, paler below, 1-1 14 in. long: cones ovoid 

 or cyhndric-ovoid, 3-7 in. long; scales suborbicular, 

 purple while young, later reddish brown. S. E. China. 

 R.H. 1866:449; 1887, pp. 208-211; 1900, p. 202; 1904, 

 p. 130. G.C. II. 21:348, 349. F.S. 7, p. 223; 9:858. 

 J.F. 4, p. 29. G.W. 3, p. 125. 



Davidiana, Beissn. {Abies DgvidiAna, Franch. 

 Pseudotsiiga Davidiana, Bertrand. Abies sacra, David). 

 Tall tree, to 120 ft. : young branchlets puberulous : Ivs. 

 twisted into 1 plane, hnear, rounded or notched at the 

 apex, midrib raised on both sides, glossy green above, 

 paler below, l-l)-^ in. long: cones oylindric-oblong, 6-8 

 in. long, with orbicular-ovate scales, erose at the 

 margin and recurved at the apex. W. China. R.H. 

 1873, pp. 37, .38; 1904, p. 131. G.C. III. 33:85. M.D.G. 

 1912:9 (habit of an old tree). 



K. EveJyniana, Mast. Closely allied to K. Davidiana and prob- 

 ably only variety of it. Lvs. 1 } 2-2 in. long, obtuse or aeutish; cones 

 2-3 in. long, with oblong-ovate scales. S. W. China. G.C. III. 33; 

 -A'. Fahri, Mast.^Abies Delavayi, Franch., a recently intro. 



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Chinese species. 



Alfred Rehder. 



KIDNEY BEAN. Common name in England for the 

 garden beans in distinction from the Uma bean, the 

 former being Pha-seohis vidgaris, the latter P. lunatus. 



KTONEY VETCH; Anthyllis. 



KIGELIA (from a native name). Bignoniacese. 

 About a dozen trees of Trop. Afr. (one extending into 

 S. Afr.), remarkable for the long-hanging fls. and frs. 

 Lvs. odd-pinnate: fls. orange or red, on long-peduncled 

 lax panicles; calyx 2-5-lobed, campanulate; corolla 

 broadly campanulate and narrowing below into a 

 straight cylindrical or constricted tube, the limb 2- 

 lipped; upper lip 2-lobed and nearly erect; lower hp 

 deeply 3-lobed and deflcxed; stamens 4, didynamous, 



