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climates. One of them, K. cristata, is a na- 

 tive of Britain, and is a beautiful gi-ass, as 

 it grows on dry sandy plains, or on dry 

 hills. [D. M.] 



KCELRETJTERIA. A small-sized deci- 

 duous tree belonging to the Sapindacece. 

 The generic characters are : calyx of five 

 sepals ; petals four with two scales at the 

 base of each ; stamens eight ; ovary three- 

 celled ; capsule three-valved ; seeds without 

 an arillus. A native of China, first intro- 

 duced into this country in 1793, and being 

 handsome in regard to both leaf and flower, 

 and hardy withal, it is much cultivated. The 

 leaves are pinnate with an odd leaflet, the 

 leaflets ovate coarsely toothed ; the flowers 

 yellow, disposed in terminal spreading clus- 

 ters, and succeeded by large bladdery cap- 

 sules which render the tree conspicuous 

 till late in the autumn. [C. A. J.j 



KCENIGIA. A genus of Polygonacece, 

 consisting of an exceedingly small annual 

 found in Iceland and Lapland, with alter- 

 nate obovate, somewhat succulent leaves, 

 short ochreate stipules, and terminal three- 

 leaved flowers in small clusters with mem- 

 branous bracts. [J. T. S.] 



KOHATJTIA. A genus of cinchonaceous 

 herbaceous plants, of no great beauty or 

 interest. The corolla is salver-shaped with 

 a long slender tube and pointed lobes; 

 anthers sessile, within the corolla ; capsule 

 globular. [M. T. M.] 



KOHL. A German name for Cabbage or 

 Colewort. — -RABI, Brassica oleracea 

 caulo-rapa. 



KOHLERIA. A genus of handsome 

 Gesneracece, represented by K. hondensis 

 and K. Seemanni. They have squamose sto- 

 lons, upright stems with opposite leaves, 

 and numerous axillary flowers having 

 the corolla slightly deflexed, with a cylin- 

 drical somewhat tumid tube, and a nar- 

 row spreading limb ; the stigma is bifid ; 

 and there are five nearly equal hypoorynous 

 glands. [T. MJ 



KOKOONA. The Kokoon of the Cingha- 

 lese, a large forest tree growing sixty feet 

 or upwards in height, in the central pro- 

 vinces of Ceylon, is the only species of 

 this genus, which belongs to the small 

 order Htppocrateacece, from all the other 

 genera of which it differs in having Ave 

 stamens instead of three, the anthers 

 splitting open longitudinally. The leaves 

 are narrow at the base, but broad, rounded 

 and with a small notch at the top, spotted 

 beneath with numerous very small dark 

 red dots. The fruit is three-sided and 

 three-celled, each cell containingnumerous 

 seeds with broad wings. The Cinghalese 

 use the yellow corky bark in the pre- 

 paration of a kind of cephalic snuff, which 

 they mix with ghee (vegetable butter) 

 and introduce into the nostrils in order 

 to relieve severe headache by encouraging 

 a copious secretion from the nose. They 

 also express an oil from the seeds and use 

 it for burning in their lamps. [A. S.] 



KOKRA. Lepidostachys Itoxburghii, the 

 hard wood of which is used for making 

 musical instruments. 



KOLA. Cola or Sterculia acuminata, and 

 tomentosa. 



KOLBIA. The name of a trailing plant 

 belonging to the Papayacece. The male 

 flowers alone are known ; they have an 

 outer involucel of a bell-like shape, but 

 five-cleft ; the perianth is bell-shaped, its 

 limb divided into ten segments, the outer 

 ones glandular, saw-toothed, the inner 

 ones feathery; stamens five, united below. 

 The plant is a native of western tropical 

 Africa. [M. T. M.] 



KOLGAS. Colocasia antiquorum. 



KOLKOTJAL. Euphorbia abyssinica. 



KOLLIKERIA. A small genus of Ges- 

 neraceoz, separated from Achimenes. K. 

 argyrostigma is a dwarf New Grenada herb 

 with squamose stolons, rather largeopposite 

 leaves spotted with white, and racemes of 

 small white flowers, mottled with red, the 

 lower lip fimbriate. [T. MJ 



KOME. A Japanese name for Rice. 



KONIGA. The generic name sometimes 

 given to the Sweet Alyssum, referred by 

 Lindley to Glycb : which see. 



KOOL. The fruit of Zizyphus Jujuba. 



KOOLINGAN. An Indian name for the 

 Galanga root. 



KOOLLAH-I-HTJZAREH. The Cabul 

 name of various species of Statice. 



KOOLTOO. An Indian name for Fago- 

 pyrum esculentum. 



KOOMUGGI. A Japanese name for 

 wheat. 



KOONGOONIE. An Indian name for 

 Setaria italica. 



KOONGOO-TARO. An Indian name for 

 the flowers of a Tamarix used in dyeing. 



KOORIISIGA. An Indian fibre obtained 

 from Tylophora asthmatica. 



KOOROOMBA. A name in Ceylon for 

 the young Cocoa-nut. 



KOOSHA. An Indian name for Era- 

 grostis cynosuroides. 



KOOSUM, KOOSUMBA. Indian names 

 for Safflower ; also for Schleichera trijuga. 



KOOT. The Indian Costus root. 



KOPEH. The Tara, Colocasia macro- 

 j rhiza. 



\ KOPSIA. A genus belonging to the 

 1 order of dogbanes, distinguished by hav- 

 i ing the corolla salver-shaped, its tube 

 1 swollen above, the border of five spreading 

 i orreflexed lobes; the style ending in an ob- 

 j long undivided hairy stigma ; and the fruit 

 | of two drupes, one often abortive. The 

 name was given in honour of Professor 

 ; Kops, author of a botanical dictionary. 

 i The species are natives of Japan, usually 



