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while in those of the tea, to which it is 

 related, we have stimulating properties. 

 The Malvo do Campo is a tortuous tree 

 eight to fifteen feet high, with short thick 

 branches, corky hark, and elliptical leaves, 

 the shoots terminating in a few rose- 

 coloured flowers as large as camellias, with 

 six curiously unequal-sided petals, and very 

 numerous stamens. [A. A. B.] 



KIERA: An Indian name for the seeds 

 of Amaranthus frumentaceics. 



KIGELIA pinnata, an African tree, found 

 in Nubia, Abyssinia, Mozambique, to as 

 far south as Natal on the eastern side, 

 and in Senegal and Guinea on the western, 

 is the only representative of this genus of 

 Crescentiacece. It is of large size, with whit- 

 ish bark and spreading branches, bearing 

 opposite pinnate leaves, and long-stalked 

 panicles of flowers, hanging down from the 

 trunk or old branches : each flower being 

 turned upwards, and having a two-lipped 

 calyx with the lobes irregularly cut ; a 

 broad bell-shaped corolla divided at the 

 mouth into five nearly equal lobes, enclos- 

 ing two long and two short perfect stamens 

 and five sterile ones ; and a single-celled 

 smooth ovary with a two-plated stigma. 

 The fruit is often two or more feet long 

 by from five to eight inches broad, hanging 

 from a stalk several feet in length ; it has a 

 whitish corky rind, and is filled with pulp 

 containing nuiuerotis roundish seeds. In 

 Nubia this tree is held sacred ; the negroes 

 celebrate their religious festivals under it 

 by moonlight, and poles made of its wood 

 are erected as symbols of special venera- 

 tion before the houses of their great chiefs. 

 The fruts, cut in half and slightly roasted, 

 are emrloyed as an outward application in 

 rheumatic and other complaints. [A. S.] 



KIG3LLARIA. A genus of Flacourtiacece, 

 having for its chief distinguishing fea- 

 tures a calyx of five distinct segments ; 

 the presence of scales at the base of the 

 petals; and anthers opening at top by 

 small round pores, instead of by longitu- 

 dinal slits. The three known species are 

 busbes or small trees of South Africa, with 

 willow-like leaves clothed underneath with 

 whice starry down ; in their axils grow the 

 inconspicuous white unisexual flowers, the 

 sterile ones in stalked cymes, and the fer- 

 tile solitary, on different plants. [A.A.B.] 



KING-CUPS, or KING'S CUP or COB. | 

 Eananculusbulbosus, and the allied species. 



KINGIA. A genus of Juncacece from 

 South Australia, with the habit of Xan- 

 thorrhoea (grass tree), having an erect ar- 

 borescent stem with crowded linear three- 

 edged leaves at the top : Thepeduncles are 

 shorter than the leaves ; at first terminal 

 and erect, but afterwards, as the stem elon- 

 gates, lateral and refiexed, terminating in 

 dense globose heads of flowers with a six- 

 parted glumaceous perianth, six stamens, 

 and a three-celled ovary becoming an inde- 

 hiscent one-seeded pericarp. [J. T. S.j 



KING-PLANT. Ancectochiius setaceus. I 



KINGS-SPEAR. Asphodelus albiis. 

 KING'S-TREE. The name among the 

 Zulu Kaffirs of Strychnos Atherstonei. 



KINGWOOD. A Brazilian wood he- , 

 lieved to be derived from a species of 

 Triptolomcea, but by some referred to Brya 

 Ebenus. 



KINO. The name of various astringent 

 gums. — , AFRICAN. The gum of Ptero- 

 carpus erinaceus. — , AMBOYNA. The gum 

 of Pterocarpus Marsupium. — , BOTANY 

 BAY. The inspissated juice of Eucalyptus 

 resinifera. — , BUTEA or DHAK. The 

 gum of Butea frondosa. — , INDIAN. The 

 | gum of Pterocarpus Marsupium. 



KIPPER. Orobus tuberosus. 

 KIRIAGHUNA. Gymnema lactiferum. 

 KIRIATHA. A Malabar name for An- 

 j drographis paniculata. 



I KIRILOVIA. A genus of Clienopodiacece 



j from Siberia, consisting of woolly annuals 



with a slender stem, membranous oblong 



or lanceolate entire leaves, and axillary 



sessile polygamous flowers in 'head-like 



spikes. The perianth has five (rarely four) 



small teeth ; stamens five, with long ex- 



, serted filaments ; style two-cleft ; fruit utri- 



i cuJar, included in the unchanged woolly 



perigone. [J. T. S.] 



KIRIS. (Pr.) Matthiola grceca. 

 KIRRITOCHEE. The fruit of Terminalia 

 angustifolia. 



KIRSCHENWASSER, KIRSCHWAS- 

 SER. German names for a liqueur pre- 

 pared from the cherry. 



KISSMISS A small kind of grape from 

 which the Shiraz wine is made in Persia. 



KISSING COMFITS. The candied roots 

 of Eryngium maritimum. 



KITAIBELIA. The name of a malvaceous 

 plant peculiar to Hungary. The genus is 

 distinguished by the outer calyx or invo- 

 lucel, which is cleft into seven or nine 

 pieces ; and by the numerous one-seeded 

 carpels, which are aggregated together 

 into a five-lobed head. K. vitifolia is a 

 mallow-like plant, sometimes seen in Eng- 

 lish gardens ; its leaves are employed in 

 Hungary as a vulnerary. [M. T. M.] 



KIT-JAP. The Japanese name of Ketch- 

 up. 



KITTOOL, KITTUL. A Cinghalese name 

 for Caryotaurens ; also for the strong fibre 

 obtained from its leaf-stalks. 



KLAPA. A Malay name for the Cocoa- 

 nut. 



KLAPROTHIA. A genus of Loasacece 

 readily distinguishable by having a four- 

 toothed calyx and four petals to the flowers, 

 instead of five which is the usual number, 

 and by the sterile stamens having their 

 apices dilated and fan-like. K. mentzelio- 

 ides, the only known species, found in the 

 Andes of Quito, is a twining annual herb, 



