1760 



KUNZEA 



KYLLINGA 



}/i'm. long: fls. white or yellowish, sessile and not numer- 

 ous but yet forming dense terminal heads becoming 

 lateral by elongation of the branch; stamens numer- 

 ous, 3 or 4 times as long as the small petals : berry blue, 

 yshi. or less diam., crowned by the calyx-lobes. Vic- 

 toria and S. Austral. L_ h. B. 



KtDIA (Col. Robert Kyd, founder of the Calcutta 

 Botanic Garden, died 1794). Malvaceae. Oriental trees, 

 one of which has be(>n cultivated in southern Florida 

 and southern CaUfornia. 



Plants with stellate pubescence: Ivs. entire or lobed, 

 palmi-nerved : fls. polygamous, in panicles, white or 

 pink, ornamental ; sepals 5, joined at the base, subtended 

 by 4-6 leafy bracts which enlarge in fr. ; petals 5, exceed- 

 ing the calyx and joined to the stamen-tube; staminal 

 tube divided about the middle into 5 divisions, each 

 bearing 3 anthers, which are imperfect in the pistillate 

 fls. : fr. a 3-valved caps. — Two or three species in India. 



calycina, Roxbg. Tree, attaining 25 ft. : Ivs. 4-.5 in. 

 long, 3 in. wide, rounded, cordate, palmately 7-nerved, 

 more or less lobed, midlobe longest, close-felted beneath: 



infl. much-branched, many-fid. ; fls. white or pink, with 

 oblong-spatulate bracts beneath. Trop. India. — Indi- 

 cated as a stove evergreen abroad. It is doubtful 

 whether the plant is still cult, to any extent, l, jj, 3_ 



KYLLINGA (Peder Kylling, Danish botanist, died 

 1696). Cyperacese. Annual and perennial herbs, of little 

 value horticulturally although one species is sometimes 

 mentioned in gardening literature. Grass-like or sedge- 

 like plants of perhaps 30 species in many parts of the 

 world, with very small fls. in spikelets which are aggre- 

 gated into spikes or heads. K. monocephala, Rottb., 

 is nearly glabrous with a creeping rhizome: Ivs. droop- 

 ing or arched, in a graceful tuft : culms. 3-angled : spikes 

 terminal, ovoid or cone-shaped, silky, white, the sub- 

 tending Ivs. 3 and spreading-deflexed. India and other 

 warm regions of the Old World, where it is common. 

 This species is recommended for greenhouse work, 

 where, in 4-in. pots, it makes decorative specimens 1 

 ft. high, requiring a warm greenhouse temperature. 

 G. 2:298; 25:173. Apparently not offered in this 

 country. L. H. B. 



