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Kennedya Stirling!, Lindley. 



South- Western Australia. This perennial bulky herb is highly 

 praised as a pasture-plant by Mr. Ch. Harper. 



Kentia Baueri, Seemann. (Rhopalostylis Baueri, H. Wendland and Drude. ) 

 The Norfolk-Island Palm. Height to 40 feet. 



Kentia Beccarii, F. v. Mueller. (Nengella montana, Beccari. ) 



On .the mountains of New Guinea, up to 4,500 feet. This slender 

 palm is only a few feet high and eligible for domestic decoration. 



Kentia Belmoriana, Moore and Mueller. (Howea Belmoriana, Beccari. ) 



The Curly Palm of Lord Howe's Island ; about 40 feet high. 

 With its congeners evidently designed to grace our gardens, and to 

 become also important for horticultural traffic abroad. K. Forsteri- 

 ana is a close ally, restricted to the same island. Natural hybrids 

 occur between these two species [W. E. Langley.] 



Kentia Canterburyana, Moore and Mueller. (Hedyscepe Canterburyeina, 

 H. Wendland and Drude.) 



Umbrella-palm of Lord Howe's Island. Likewise a tall and hardy 

 palm, growing at or below 2,000 feet altitude. Rate of growth about 

 one foot a year. 



Kentia Moluccana, Beccari. 



Ternate, at heights up to 3,500 feet. This noble and comparatively 

 hardy palm attains a height of about 90 feet. 



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). 



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