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KRETSfGlA, Ecichenbach. Named after F. L. 

 Kreysig, a German botanist, author of a trea- 

 tise ou the comparison of animal and vegetable 

 life. Linn. 6, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Melanthacece. 

 A pretty half-hardy herbaceous plant, bearing 

 delicate rose-coloured flowers. It will_grow iu 

 any light soil, and is increased by division, 

 multiflbra . Ross . 6, G. Her. P. N. S. W. 1S23 



KftfeiA, Schreber. In honour of Mr. David 

 Kreig, a German botanist. Linn. 19, Or. 1, 

 Nat. Or. Asterdcew. K. virginica is rather a 

 pretty little grassy-leaved annual ; it, as well 

 as K. caroliniitna, has only to be sown in 

 spring, in any open loamy soil. The other 

 species will grow well in the same kind of soil, 

 and may be increased by divisions. Syno- 

 nymes: 1, TrfaAmiwm virglmicum ; 2, Hydseris 

 carolinihna; 3, Trdximum Dandelion; 4, 

 Hydseris virginica. 



virginica 4 . . Yellow 6, H. A. J N. Amer. 1811 

 amplexicaulis 1, carohniana 2, Dandelion 3. 



Krubera, Hoffmann. After John Julius Kru- 

 ber, M.D., a promoter of botany. Linn. 5, 

 Or. 1, Nat. Or. Apiacece. The seed of this 

 species only requires sowing in a light soil in 

 the open border, in spring. Synonyme: 1, 

 Vlospirmum dicMtomwn. 

 leptopltflla . . White 6, H. A. S. Bur. . 1596 



KRtTBUT. See Baffldsia Arnoldi. 



Kuchoo, or Gaglee. See Arum maculdtum. 



Kuhnia, Lima. In honour of Adam Kuhn, of 

 Pennsylvania, a pupil of Linnaeus. Limn. 19, 

 Or. 1, Nat. Or. Asterdcecc. Ornamental little 

 plants, succeeding well in a, mixture of peat 



and sandy loam, and increased by divisions. 

 Synonymes : 1, Crilbnia Euhjiia ; 2, O. eupa- 

 torioulcs ; 3, Kleinia linearifblia, Jaumea 

 linearis. 



Critinia 1 . . White 7, H. Her. P. 1J N.Amer. 1816 

 eupatorioides 2 White 7, H. Her. P. l| N.Amer. 1812 

 linearifolia 3 . White 7, G. Her. P. 1£ Brazil . 1829 

 rosmarinifdlia . White 7, G. Her. P. lj Cuba . 182S 



Kulit, or clove cinnamon. See Cinnami- 

 mum Culilawan. 



Kum quat. See QUrus jap6nica. 



Kunda oil tree. See Oarapa guineinsis. 



KtJNTHlA. Humboldt named this genus in ho- 

 nour of his friend Charles Sigismund Kunth, 

 a famous Prussian botanist. Linn. 21, Or. 6, 

 Nat. Or. Palmdcece. This is described, as an 

 ornamental palm, growing in any rich mould, 

 and increased only, by seeds, 

 montana . Straw . 4, S. Palm. 10 N. Grenada . 1829 



Ktjtulegee. See Cedrila. 



Kydia, Roxburgh. In honour of Colonel Eobert 

 Kyd, the first director of the Calcutta botanic 

 garden. Linn. 16, Or. 7, Nat. Or. Byltneri- 

 dcece. An ornamental genus, succeeding well 

 in light turfy loam and peat, well mixed ; and 

 increased by cuttings, not too ripe, planted in 

 sand, under a glass, on a bottom heat, 

 calyclna . . White 5, S. Ev. S. 25 E. Ind. . . 1818 

 fratei-na . White 5, S. Ev. S. 20 E. Ind. . . 1823 



K.YLLINQIA, Linn. In honour of P. Kylling, a 

 Danish botanist, who died in 1696. Linn. 3, 

 Or. 1, Nat. Or. Oyperaeece. Mere weeds, of 

 the simplest culture — brevifblia, cruci/irmis, 

 intermedia, monoce'phala, odordta, polyeiphala, 

 triceps, uncinata. 



L. 



LABAEIA plant of Demarara. See Dra- 

 c&ntiuin polyphyllum. 



Labdanum. See Cistus Ladanlferus and ereticus. 



Labellum, the front segment of an orchida- 

 ceous or other flower, the lower petal, the lip. 



Labiate, having a lip, or lips. 



Labiate. An extensive and very natural group 

 of plants, so named by Jussieu and others 

 from the ordinary form of the corollse. , See 

 Lainiaceoz. 



Labichea, Guadichaud. In memory of M. La- 

 biche, an officer in the French ship Uranie, 

 who accompanied Preycinet in his voyage 

 round the world ; he died on his passage to 

 the Moluccas. Linn. 2, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Fa- 

 oacece. These shrubs will thrive in a mixture 

 of loam and peat, and cuttings will root if 

 planted in a pot of sand, with a glass placed 

 over them. 



bipunotata . Tel. 4, G. Ev. 8. 4 Swan R. . . 1843 

 diversif&lia . Yel. S, G. Ev. S. 3 Swan R. . . 1842 

 lanceollta . Yel. 4, G. Ev. S. 4 Swan R. . . 1837 

 punctata . . Yel. 4, G. Ev. S. 4 Swan R. . 1848 



Labi&sa, large, or broad-lipped. 



LABfsiA, Lindley. Prom labis, a spoon, in allu- 

 sion to the divisions of the corolla resembling 

 the bowl of a small spoon. Linn. 5, Or. 1, 



Nat. Or. Myrsinaceoz. A stove shrub of little 

 beauty, requiring to be grown in bottom heat, 

 of very slow growth, and the roots must not be 

 disturbed during their period of activity. In 

 winter little water is required. It is increased 

 by seeds, 

 potholna . . White . 6, S. Ev. S. 8 China . . 1844 



Labium, a lip. 



Lablab, Adan. See LaUavia. 



LablAvia, Adanson. Lablab is the Arabic name 

 of Convolvulus, with which this has no affinity 

 except in the twining habit. Linn. 17, Or. i, 

 Nat. Or. Fabdcecs. The seeds of the annual 

 kinds may be sown in pots, and kept in the 

 hothouse until May, when, if the weather is 

 fine, they may be planted in a sheltered situ- 

 ation in the open ground, and supported in 

 the same way as scarlet-runners. The green- 

 house species are readily increased by cuttings. 

 Synonymes: 1, Ddlichos cultrhtus; 2, D. dlbus; 

 3, D. BengaUnsis, L&blab bengaUnsis ; i, L. 

 purpureas, D. purpilrcus ; 5, D. Ldblab. 



cultratal . . White 7; G Tw. A. S Japan .1816 



lcucocarpa . White 7, S. Tw. Al 8 E. Ind. . 1810 



miciocarpa . Purp. 7, S. Tw, A. 8 E. Ind. .1818 



nankfuica . . White 7, G. Tw. A. 8 China . . 1714 



perennans 2 . White 7, G. De. Tw. S China . . 1820 



