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Cfje Ewatfurj) of 2Sotang. 



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| having four ovules instead of one. K. 

 , floribunda, found in Silhet, is a large hand- 

 ■ some evergreen tree, with opposite narrow 

 ' laurel-like leaves, and terminal panicles of 

 numerous white flowers tinged with pink : 

 ! each flower consisting of four calyx leaves, 

 '■ four petals, numerous stamens, and a sim- 

 ple style four-cleft at top. The fruits are 

 : rounded yellow drupes. K. stylosa, from 

 Ceylon, is said to yield a useful timber, and 

 i to have very fragrant flowers. The genus 

 hears the name of Dr. R. Kaye Greville of 

 Edinburgh. [A.A.B.] 



KAYLA. A Hindoo name for the Ba- 

 t nana. 



| KAYU-MANIS. A Malay name for Cin- 

 : namomum zeylanicum. 



* KECKS, KECKSIES, KIXES. Country 

 names for the dried fistulous stalks of cow 

 parsley, hemlock, and various other wild 

 umbellifers. 



; KEDLOCK. Sinapis arvensis. 



KEELED. Formed in the manner of 

 the keel of a hoat ; that is to say, with a 

 sharp projecting ridge, arising from a flat 

 or concave central plate, as the glumes of 

 grasses. 



KEE3LIP. A Scotch name for Galium 

 [ verum. 



! KEFERSTEINIA. A small genus of epi- 

 phytal stemless bulbless orchids of New 

 Grenada, with a few lance-shaped leaves, 

 and from the lower axils solitary bracted 

 peduncles, bearing a single flower at the 

 apex. The sepals and petals are spreading, 

 lance-shaped ; the lip larger, fan-shaped, 

 jointed to the base of the column, which 

 has a keeled crest, extending from the 

 stigma halfway down in front ; the anther 

 has four unequal pollen-masses, attached 

 to a strap-shaped caudicle as long as 

 the gland to which it is fixed. [A. A. B.] 



KEITHTA. A genus of the lahiate order, 

 having the calyx with Ave nearly equal 

 teeth; the lower lip of the corolla with 

 three nearly equal lobes ; and the fruit 

 dry and ovoid. The species are natives of 

 Brazil. The genus was named after the 

 Rev. P. Keith, a botanical author. [G. D.] 



KELINGOO. An Indian name for Bata- 

 tas edulis. 



KELLETTIA. A name given by Dr. 

 Seemann to Prockia cruds. 



KELP. The ashes produced by burning 

 sea-weeds, consisting principally of the 

 common Fuel and Laminarice. They con- 

 tain carbonate of soda and salts of potash, 

 and were formerly used in the manufac- 

 ture of coarse soap and glass, and returned 

 a considerable revenue on rocky shores, or 

 where large stones had been purposely 

 placed to encourage the growth of sea- 

 II weed. Modern improvements in chemistry, 

 J i by which carbonate of soda was more pro- 

 ■ i fitahly obtained from common salt, and 

 I : the removal of the high duty from barilla, 

 I put an end to the manufacture, and the 



benefit resulting in consequence to the 

 public was unhappily in some measure 

 counterbalanced by the ruin of many pro- 

 prietors who had reaped a rich temporary 

 harvest, from what was supposed to be a 

 permanent source of revenue. [M. J, B.J 



KEMPS. Plantago media. 



KENDOO. An Indian name for Diospy- 

 ros Melanoxylon. 



KENGUEL. The seeds of Gundelia Tour- 

 nefortii, used as coffee in Asia Minor and 

 Scinde. 



KENKERIG. The Welsh name for a 



variety of Parmelia saxatilis, called ompha- 

 lodes, which is much gathered for dyeing 

 amongst the mountains. [M. J. B.] 



KENNEDYA. A genus of prostrate or 

 twining Leguminosce, peculiar to Australia, 

 with the exception of K. prostrata, which 

 grows also in Tasmania. They have wiry 

 stems, with alternate, trifoliolate, stipu- 

 late leaves, and axillary racemes of large 

 handsome pea-flowers, bright red, pink, or 

 almost black in colour. These have a two- 

 lipped calyx ; an obovate standard, the 

 wings and keel nearly equalling it in 

 length ; ten stamens, one only of which is 

 free ; and an ovary tipped with a thread- 

 like incurved style. They are distinguished 

 from the allied Hardenbergia by their 

 much larger and fewer flowers, which are 

 never hlue or white. K. nigricans, a Swan 

 River species, is remarkable for its nearly 

 black flowers. The genus is named in 

 honour of Mr. Kennedy, once a nurseryman 

 of Hammersmith. [A. A. B.] 



KENTIA. A genus of palms, separated 

 from Areca, chiefly on account of their 

 ovary having only one cell, and their seed 

 being solid and homogeneous, not having 

 the nutmeg-like structure of the seed of 

 true Areca, under which name, however, 

 many botanists still retain them. They 

 are natives of the islands of the Malayan 

 Archipelago, Norfolk Island, and New Zea- 

 land ; and have slender unarmed stems, 

 marked with circular scars, supporting 

 a cluster of large pinnate leaves, and 

 branched flower-spikes, which hear nume- 

 rous flowers of distinct sexes, each female 

 being seated between two males. 



K. sapida is the most southern known 

 palm, being found in New Zealand as far 

 south as lat. 38° 22', which is between two 

 and three degrees further south than any 

 representative of the order is found upon 

 the Australian, African, or American con- 

 tinents. The New Zealanders call this 

 palm Nikau, and use the young flower- 

 spikes, just as they emerge from among 

 the leaves, as an article of food. [A. S.] 



KENTROPHYLLITM. A genus of Com- 

 positce, containing about a dozen species, 

 distributed overthe Mediterranean region, 

 extending eastward to Kashmir, and west 

 and south to the Canary Isles. They are 

 mostly annual slightly branched thistle- 

 like plants, with hard lance-shaped spiny- 

 toothed leaves, and yellow, white, or pur- 



