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filaments for honey, releases the anthers, which fly up, shooting the 
pollen out upon the under side of the visitor. 
Karatas (Plum.) Mill, (inch Nidularium Lam.). Bromeliaceae (i). 
1 8 sp. W. Ind., Brazil. 
Kaufmannia Regel. Primulaceae (i). i sp. Turkestan. 
Kaulfussia Blume. Marattiaceae (n). i sp. S. E. As. The palmate 
leaf has large pores on the under side, due to the tearing apart of 
guard cells of stomata. 
Kennedya Vent, (excl . Hardenbergia Benth.). Leguminosae (in. 10). 
12 sp. Austr. The firs, of some sp. are almost black. 
Kentia Blume. Palmae (iv. 6). io sp. Moluccas to N. Z. (not in 
Austr.). Firs, in groups of 3 (2 male) on the spadix. 
Kernera Medic. = Cochlearia Linn.. (5 sp. Alps.) 
Kerria DC. Rosaceae (ill. 5). 1 sp. E. As. K \ japonica DC., often 
cultivated, especially in the double-flowered form. 
Kibara Endl. Monimiaceae. 10 sp. E. Ind. to Austr. 
Kickxia Blume. Apocynaceae (11. 4). 2 sp. Java. 
Kielmeyera Mart. Guttiferae. 17 sp. Campos of Brazil. [Ternstroe- 
miaceae, Benth. -Hooker.] 
Kigelia DC. Bignoniaceae (iv). 3 sp. trop. Afr., Madag. The infls. 
are borne on old wood (p. 42), hanging down on very long stalks. 
Kingia R. Br. Liliaceae (ill). 1 sp. W. Austr., a characteristic plant 
of the district. Placed in Juncaceae by Benth.-Hooker. 
Kitaibelia Willd. Malvaceae (1). 1 sp. lower Danube. 
Kleinia Linn. = Senecio Tourn. 
Knappia Sm. =Mibora Adans. 
Knautia Linn. = Scabiosa Tourn. 
Kniphofla Moench. Liliaceae (ill). 16 sp. S. Afr., often cultivated 
for their handsome spikes of firs. Bees sometimes force their way 
into the firs, and are unable to return. 
Kobresia Willd. Cyperaceae (11). 4 sp. As., Eur. (1 Brit.). 
Kochia Roth. Chenopodiaceae (5). 30 sp. cosmop. 
Koeberlinia Zucc. Koeberliniaceae. 1 sp. Texas, Mexico. A leafless 
xerophyte with thorny twigs. 
Koeberliniaceae. Dicotyledons (Archichl. Parietales). Only genus 
Koeberlinia (q. v.), placed in Simarubaceae by Benth.-Hooker. See 
Nat. PJl. 
Koeleria Pers. Gramineae (x). 15 sp. temp. (1 Brit.). 
Koelreuteria Laxm. Sapindaceae (10). 2 sp. China. The capsule is 
large and bladdery and may be blown about by wind (cf. Colutea). 
Koenigia Linn. = Polygonum Tourn. 
Kobleria Regel = Isoloma Dene. 
Koniga R. Br. = Alyssum Tourn. 
Korthalsia Blume. Palmae (ill). 20 sp. E. Ind. Some, e.g. K. hor- 
rida Becc., are said to be myrmecophilous (cf. Cecropia), the ants living 
in the sheaths of the leaves. 
