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KYDIA 



'pappus bristles. Unlike the common dandelion, these 

 plants do not become weedy. 



A. Stem a leafless, scape, bearing 1 head. 



B. Has tubers. 



Dandelion, Nutt. Height 6-18 in. : Ivs. lanceolate or 

 almost linear, varying from minutely toothed to pin- 

 natifld. Apr.-June. Moist ground, Md. to Fla. and Tex. 

 -The only kind that has tubers. 



BB. Has no tubers. 



montana, Nutt. (K. Dandelion, var. montana, Chap- 

 man). Height 9-12 in.: Ivs. oblong to linear, varying 

 from entire to pinnatifid: head smaller than in K. Dan 

 .delion. Crevices of rocks, Alleghenies, N. and S. Car. 

 and Ga. Harlan P. Kelsey writes that this is an admir- 

 able rock plant, thriving in any soil or situation, and 

 blooming profusely from March to June or July. Prop, 

 by seed or division. 



AA. Stem 1-3-lvd., branched above, bearing 2-6 heads. 



amplexicaulis, Nutt. (Cynthia Virginica, Willd.). 

 Height 12-24 in. : Ivs. oblong or oval, obtuse, entire or 

 repand and denticulate, or the root-lvs. somewhat lyrate; 

 stem-lvs. partly clasping, May-Oct. Moist banks, 

 N. Y. to Ga., west to Colo. 



KRYNlTZKIA (Prof. J. Krynitzki, of Cracow). Bor- 

 laginacecK. Chiefly North American herbs, annuals and 

 some perennials, with small fls. nearly always white. 

 Two species have been listed in eastern catalogues, and 

 are procurable from western collectors. The following 

 ^descriptions give some idea of what the plants are like, 

 and for specific distinctions from numerous allies the 

 .student is referred to Gray's "Synoptical Flora." 



glomerata, Gray. Biennial, coarse, grayish prickly- 

 iiirsute, 1-3 ft. high: Ivs. spatulate or linear-spatulate: 

 fls. white, thyrsoid-glomerate. Plains, along eastern base 

 x>f Rocky Mountains. 



barbigera, Gray (Eritriclrium barbigerum, Gray) 

 Hispid and hirsute, 9-12 in. high: Ivs. linear: fls.white 

 in solitary or panicled, elongating spikes. S. Calif. 



KUDZU VINE. Pueraria Thunbergiana. 



KUMQUAT or KINKAN, of the Japanese, is a dwarf 

 member of the citrous tribe (Citrus Japonica), seldom 

 growing more than 6 or 8 ft. high on the 

 most vigorous stock, and when worked 

 on a dwarf stock making but a good- 

 sized bush ; but no matter what its 

 size may be, it freely produces very 

 pretty golden yellow fruit, which is 

 very palatable either in a fresh state 

 or preserved. The plant may be budded 

 or grafted on any citrus stock orange, 

 lemon, lime, etc. but is most com- 

 monly worked on Citrus trifoliata, mak- 

 ing but a bush, eminently adapted for 

 growing in restricted places, both in- and outdoors. As a 



pot-plant for the house it is a gem, making a very hi 

 some evergreen bush and blooming freely through 

 spring or early summer, then setting its interes 

 fruit. The flowers are much like the orange, white 

 scented, but smaller. The soil best adapted to theK 

 quat is a light loam or sand ; it thrives in any soil su 

 to the orange or lemon. 



There are two well-defined varieties of this spec 

 the oblong and round fruited ; the oblong fruit ( 

 1213 ) is about 134 inches long by 1 in diameter, am! 

 the fruits of this variety are almost of an exact size, 



1214. Round Kumquat (X%). 



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1213. The oblong 

 Kumquat (X%). 



so much variance being noticed among them 

 hens' eggs. On the contrary, the round fruits 

 1214) are produced with great difference in size, varj 

 from 34 to a full inch in diameter. There is also 

 difference in flavor and thickness of skin betwc 

 varieties, the oblong being more esteemed, 

 account, with illustrations of the two types of 

 quat, see A. G. 21:345 (1900). The fruit, when e&j 

 out of hand, is entirely consumed, excepting the | 

 small seeds; almost everyone tasting it seems to re | 

 the combined flavor of skin, pulp and juice. Its cl : 

 use, however, is in making marmalade or presen 

 The fruit is used whole in heavy syrup, and make 

 delicious dainty. It is also candied and used in fine c 

 fectionery. E< N . R EASONEI 



KYDIA (Col. Robert Kyd, founder of the Calci 

 Botanic Garden, died 1794). Malvaceae. Three spec 

 of oriental trees, one of which is cult, in S. Fla.; 

 S. Calif. K. calyclna has white or pink fls. somew 

 like those of Hibiscus, and borne in long panicles. T 1 

 genus belongs to a subtribe characterized by havi 

 2 or more ovules. Kydia has 4-6 bractlets; Abuti 

 none; Sphaeralcea 3. Kydia has fls. polygamous; pel 

 5; staminal tube divided about the middle into 5 d 

 sions, each bearing 3 anthers, which 'are imperfect in 

 pistillate fls. 



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

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

 more or less lobed, midlobe longest, close felted 

 neath; petiole 1-2 in. long: inflorescence much -branch 

 many-fld. 



