kalanchoe

[The Chinese name of one of the species.] Bot.: A genus of Cra ulaceae. The leaves of Kalanchoe lac in i at a are valued as an application to wounds and sores; they allay irritation and promote cicatrization. K. spathulata is poisonous to goats. In Kangra, in India, the leaves are burnt and applied to absce es. K. bras i liens is is used in Brazil as a refrigerant. K. pinnata is the same as Bryophyllum calycinum . kā-land, 8. [Etym. doubtful, but probably connected with kalends (q.v.).] A fraternity which originated in Germany in the thirteenth century, the members of which a embled on the first of each month to pray for their deceased friends and to feast together. Owing to these ceremonies degenerating into exce es, the fraternity was abol ished. kāle, s. [COLE.] 1. Colewort. [KAIL.] 2. Sea-kale ( Crambe maritima ). Ka-lée, Ka-li (1), 8. [Sansc., the fem. of kala (q. v.).) Hindu Myth.: The sacti or consort of Siva in the form Kala (q. v.). She is represented with four arme, one holding a sword, the second a trident, the third a club, and the fourth a shield. A dead body hangs from each of her ears; human skulls strung together form her necklace; and the hands of slaughtered giants interlaced with each other compose her girdle. Her eyebrows are matted and stained with the gore of monsters whom she has trapezoidal, but they may be made rectangular with equal succe . The mirrors are fixed together by their corresponding sides, so that their reflecting surfaces face each other, and form together any angle that is a sub-multiple of 360° ( i . e . 120°, 90°, 72°, 60°). The angle at which they are usually placed is 60°. Thus arranged, the mirrors are set in a hollow conical tube made of bra , tin, or paper, a little larger than the mirrors, and of sufficient diameter at its wider end just to include their points. The small end of the tube is closed, space only being left for an eyehole, which should be in the plane of both the mirrors. At the large end of the tube, and close to the bases of the mirrors, a circular object-box is fixed, of the same diameter as the base of the tube. Its inner side is covered with transparent gla , its outer with ground opaque gla . It is filled with chips of colored paper, colored gla , artificial flowers, beads or small gla tubes filled with colored liquids. The box should be only deep enough to enable the objects within it to fall freely, when gently shaken. When the tube is held to the light a circle of variegated pattern, divided into six sectors of like shape, is always visible, and every time that the tube is revolved, and the relative position of the objects in the box altered, a different pattern is observable. Some varieties of the instrument are as follows: (1) Poly angular kaleidoscope : Here the reflecting mirrors are so arranged that their angle of inclination can be altered by screws attached to the outside of the tube at pleasure, and it is in this form that the instrument best illustrates the theory of reflection, and therefore is largely used for scientific instruction. (3) Telescopic kaleidoscope : Here the object-box is removed and its place taken by a tube capable of being lengthened or shortened by an external screw, and fitted at its end with a double convex lens. The instrument can thus reflect any objects (trees, flowers, .) which are brought into its focus. It was invented by Sir David Brewster. (4) Debus cope: [DEBUS COPE.] ka-lei-do-scop'-ic, a. [English kale i do scop (e): -ic.]. 1. Pertaining to the kaleidoscope; producing the effects of the kaleidoscope. 2. Variegated (like the patterns seen through the kaleidoscope). kăl-en-dar, s. [CALENDAR.] kalotype kăl-en-der, s. [CALENDER (2).] kălendeş, s. [CALENDS.] Ka-li (1), 8. [KALEE.] kā-11 (2), s. [Arab. qali.] 1. Bot .: The Saltwort, Salsola kali . [2.] 2. Chem .: A name given by the Arabs to a plant, Salsola kali , which grew near the seashore, and from whose ashes they extracted a substance which they called alkali, for making soap. The term kali is used by German chemists to denote caustic potash. kā-lif, s. [CALIPH.]