ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Karl-hemp. Cannabis sativa, L. — ‘ Later green hemp/ South, Eay, 
E. D. S. Gloss. B. 16. See Carl-hemp. Hal. has ‘late grown hemp/ 
which is probably a misprint for Kay’s ‘ later green hemp.’ Karl- 
hem}), or Carl-hemp, was the female plant, which remains green longer 
than the male plant, the latter turning yellow soon after shedding its 
i:)ollen. With this explanation the description ‘ later green hemp ’ 
becomes intelligible, which ‘ late grown hemp ’ scarcely is. 
Karlock. See Carlock. 
Kars. ‘Cresses. Howell, sect, xvi.’ Hal. An old spelling of 
Cress, -which see. 
Karse, Garden (Ger.), or Town (Lyte). Lep)idiuni sativum, L. 
Katharine’s (St.) Flower. Nigella damascena, L. — Ger., who gives 
Divce Catherinoe flos as one of its Latin names. ‘ From the persistent 
styles spreading like the spokes of a wheel, the symbol of St. Katha- 
rine, from her having been martyred upon a wheel.’ Prior, p. 126. 
Kaxes. The dry, hollow stalks of umbelliferous plants. Prior, p. 
126. See Keck and Cashes. 
Keatlegs. Orchis mascula, L. — Kent, Garden, June 2, 1877, p. 459. 
See Skeat-legs. 
Keblock. ‘ The wild turnip. Northd Hal. Wr. This is probably 
Brassica Rapa, L. 
Keck, Kecks, Keks, or Kex. A name given, (as by Shakespeare — 
‘ rough thistles, kecksies, burs,’ Henry V., Act v. sc. 2) to many of the 
larger Umhelliferce ; sometimes confined to their dry, hollow stems, as 
in 8uff. and Ess. (Moor). Probably first applied only to the hollow 
stems, but transferred afterwards to the plants themselves. In Line. 
‘ anything hollow like a kex ’ is called kecky, Hal., who also spells 
the word Kyx. In dies, when celery has a tendency to run to seed 
it is spoken of as being kecksy. Soin. ; S. Wariv. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 3. 
Prior, p. 126. See also Kaxes, Keekers, Kelk, Kellock (4), Kesh, 
Kesk, Ke-wsies, and Kix for other forms of the word. 
(1) Anthriscus sylvesfris, Hoffm. — Prior. N. Bucks. ; Dors. Dors. 
Gloss, (dried stalks); Nhamp. Nth. Gloss.; Som. ; Suss. Parish; 
Yks. (Wakefield) ; Wariu. ; Pulman (who also gives Keckson). 
(2) Heracleum Sphondylium, L. — Prior, dies, (or Kecksy, pi. 
Kecksies) ; Som. ; Suss. Parish ; Yks. 
(3) Conium maculatum, L. — Ger. ; Bullein, Book of Simples, fol. 31 ; 
With. ed. ii. Dors. Dors. Gloss, (dried stalks); Ess. (Kecksies), 
Pratt, Poisonous Plants; Hants. (Kexy), Holl. ; Kent ; Line. E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. 6 (also given as Kix); Nhamp. Nth. Gloss.; Som.; Yks. 
(Craven), Holl. ; Mid-Ylcs. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 5 ; Pulman (who also 
gives Keckson). 
(4) Angelica sylvestris, L. — dies. ; Som. ; Suss. ‘ In Sussex they 
call the wilde kinde [of Angelica'] Kex, and the weavers winde their 
yarne on the dead stalkes.’ Park. Theatr. 941. 
Keck, Broad-leaved. Heracleum Sphondylium, L. — Country Life, 
1868, p. 25. 
Keck, Trumpet. The hollow stems of Angelica sylvestris, L., or 
some allied plant, which are made by boys into trumpets. 
