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Kentia sapida, Blume. (Rhopalostylis sapida, H. Wendland and Drude). 

 The Nika-palm of New Zealand and the Chatham-Islands. It 

 rises to a height of about 40 feet, is one of the hardiest of all palms, 

 and extends to the most southern latitude attained by any palm, 

 being found down to 44 South. Proved hardy in Stewart's Island 

 [Charles Traill]. The unexpanded flower-spikes can be converted 

 into food as palm -cabbage. 



Knightia excelsa, R. Brown. 



The Rewa-Rewa of New Zealand. The wood of this tree is- 

 recommended as valuable for ornamental work and furniture 

 [Campbell Walker]. 



Kochia eriantha, F. v. Mueller. 



Proved an excellent fodder-herb for sheep on the hot and dry 

 pastures of Central Australia, where the temperature in summer 

 reaches 120 F. in the shade, and in the winter falls to 27 [Rev. 

 H. Kempe]. Several other Australian species of Kochia afford 

 excellent pasture-fodder. Prof. W. A. Dixon found 65 per cent, 

 of digestible substance in K. pyramidata (Bentham). 



Kochia pubescens, Moquin. 



South-Africa ; there one of the best salt-bushes for pastures 

 [McOwan]. 



Kochia villosa, Lindley.* 



In most of the depressed and saline regions of Australia, par- 

 ticularly inland, also on sand-lands. Renowned amongst occupiers- 

 of pasture-runs as the " Cotton-bush," strangely so called, on 

 account of downy adventitious excrescences. This rather dwarf 

 shrub resists the extremes of drought and heat of even the trying 

 Central Australian clime. The roots sometimes penetrate into the 

 ground to a depth of 18 feet [Lockh -Morton]. With all other 

 pasture-animals also dromedaries like this and some other salt- 

 bushes particularly for food; so also ostriches [Officer], These 

 kinds of plants can be multiplied also from cuttings. 



Koeleria cristata, Persoon. 



Widely dispersed over the globe. A perennial grass of fair 

 nutritive quality, sustaining itself on dry soil. The closely allied 

 K. glauca can be sown with advantage on coast-sand. Prof. 

 Hieronymus mentions K. caudata (Grisebach) among good grasses 

 of the Southern Andes, occurring in the cold elevations from 

 10,000 to 12.000 feet. 



Kraxneria triandra, Euiz. 



Chili, Peru and Bolivia, at elevations of from 3,000 to 8,000 feet. 

 This pretty little shrub can be grown on sandy ridges in an equable 



