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KUDUMBA. Nauclea Cadamba. 



KUENI. The Indian name lor Butea 

 Kino. 



KDEPHUL. An Indian name for the 

 aromatic hark of Myrica sapida. 



KUHNIA. A small genus of Compositce, 

 differing from its allies in the many striate 

 achenes, seated on a naked receptacle, and 

 crowned with a single series of capillary 

 and feathery pappus hairs. The species of 

 De Candolle excluded by Torrey and Gray, 

 have, like our own Evpatorium, five-angled 

 not faintly streaked achenes. [A. A. BJ 



KUJOOR. An Indian name for Dates. 



KUMBOO. The Tamil name for spiked 

 Millet, Penicillaria spicata. 



KUMERA. A New Zealand name for 

 Batatas edulis. 



KUMKUMA. An aromatic drug and 

 perfume obtained from Didymocarpus 

 aromaticus ; also the Malay name for Saf- 

 fron. 



KUMLA. An Indian name for Citrus 

 Aurantvum. 



KUMMEL. A German name for Cumin 

 or Caraway seeds. 



KITMOON. An Indian name for Cumin. 



KUMNYIAN. The Malaynamefor Frank- 

 incense. 



KUM-QUAT. A variety of Citrus jap onica. 



KUNDALOO. A large kind of Indian 

 Nettle. 



KUNDEL. An Indian name for Saga- 

 penum. 



KUNGOO. An Indian name for Setaria 

 italica. 



KUNKIRZEED. An Arabian name for 

 the gum of Cynara Scolymus. 



KUNTHIA. A genus of palms, contain- 

 ing but one species, E. montana, 'a reedy 

 plant, with a ringed stem about an inch in 

 thickness, and twenty feet high or more, 

 inhabiting the temperate mountain-regions 

 of New Grenada, where the natives call it 

 Cana de la Vibora, i.e. Snake Cane, from 

 the resemblance of its stem to a snake, and 

 they consider its juice to be a remedy 

 against the bite of that reptile. It has a 

 terminal tuft of pinnate leaves, three or 

 four feet long, beneath which the_ flower 

 spikes, which are enclosed in several 

 spathes, and bear both male and female 

 flowers, are produced. The fruit is about 

 the size of a sloe, of a green colour, con- 

 taining a single seed. Besides the use of 

 its juice for curing snake bites, the Indians 

 hollow out the reedy stems of this palm 

 for the purpose of making blowpipes, 

 through which they expel poisoned arrows 

 to a considerable distance. [A. SJ 



KURBEE. An Indian name for the cut 

 stalks and straw of the Sorghums, used as 

 fodder for cattle. 



KURDEH, CURDEE. Indian names for 

 Safflower. 



KITRPAH. A kind of Indigo. 



KURRAJONG. A native Australian 

 name for several fibrous plants. — , 

 BROWN. Commersonia platyphylla. — , 

 GREEN. Hibiscus heterophylius. —, TAS- 

 MANIAN. Plagianthus sidoides. 



KURTAU. A Malay name for the Mul- 

 berry. 



KURUNDA. An Indian name for Ca- 

 rissa Carandas. 



KUSHMUT. An Indian name for the 

 root of Costus spedosus. 



KTJSHNEEZ. The Persian name for 

 Coriander seed. 



KUTCHOORA. An Indian name for the 

 roots of Curcuma. 



KUTEERA, KUTERA. A gum ob- 

 tained from Cochlospermum Gossypium ; 

 also from Sterculia wrens. 



KUTH. An Indian name for Acacia 

 Catechu. 



KUTHAR-CHARA. An Indian name for 



Limonia laureola. 



KUTKARANGA, KUTKTTLEGA. In- 

 dian names for the tonic seeds of Ccesal- 

 pinia Bonducella. 



KUTKEY. An Indian name for Helle- 

 bore. 



KYABOOCA. An ornamental wood ob- 

 tained in the Eastern Archipelago, from 

 the excrescences or burrs of Pterospermum 

 indicum ; the same as Amboyna wood. 



KYLLINGIA. A genus of cyperaceous 

 plants, belonging to the tribe Cyperea. 

 Distinguished principally by the inflores- 

 cence being in solitary heads, rarely two 

 to three together; spikes compressed, one 

 to two-flowered, the upper flowers male ; 

 stamens one to three ; styles cleft. There 

 are upwards of fifty species, the greater 

 part natives of Brazil and South Africa, 

 with a few from Australia. [D. M.] 



LABARIA PLANT of Demerara. Dra- 



contium polyphyllum. 



LABATIA. A genus of tropical Ame- 

 rican trees belonging to the Sapotacece. 

 The flowers have a four-parted calyx, whose 

 segments are arranged in two rows ; five 

 fertile stamens inserted at the base of the 

 tube of the corolla, alternating with five 

 scale-like abortive stamens placed on its 

 throat ; a four-celled ovary surmounted by 

 a style that does not project beyond the 

 corolla ; and a fleshy fruit. [M. T. MJ 



LABEL, LABELLUM. The third petal 

 of an orchid, usually turned towards the 

 lower front of the flower, and very dif- 

 ferent in form from the remainder. Also 

 a similar petal in other flowers. 



LABIATE. [Lamiacece, Labiates.) A 

 natural order of dicotyledonous plants 

 belonging to Lindley's echial alliance of 



