Kielmeyera
(named after K. F. Kielmeyer, of Wurtemberg, 1765-1844, a writer on botany). SYN. Martinieria. ORD. Ternstromiaceae. A genus comprising about fifteen species of stove evergreen trees or shrubs, full of resinous juice, natives of Brazil. Flowers showy, terminal, disposed in racemes or short panicles, or rarely solitary; petals five-twisted. Leaves evergreen, often petiolate. Only one species has been introduced. It thrives in a fibry, sandy loam. Cuttings of young shoots will root in sand, under a bell glass, in heat. K. excelsa (tall). fl. white; petals obovate, smooth, disposed in racemes. June. l. oblong, sub-elliptic, obtuse, quite smooth. h. 60ft. 1833. Tree.