Klugia
(named in honour of Dr. William Klug, a lover of botany). SYN. Glossanthus. ORD. Gesneraceae. A genus comprising three or four species of herbaceous plants, of which one is a native of Mexico and Central America, and the rest inhabit the East Indian Peninsula, Ceylon, and the Malayan Archipelago. Only one species--K. Notoniana--has yet been introduced. It is a stove evergreen, thriving in a mixture of equal parts sandy loam and peat, and requiring plenty of moisture while growing. Propagated by cuttings. K. Notoniana (Noton's). fl. blue, in secund racemes; calyx five-angled. Summer. l. repandly toothed, half cordate, that is, with an unequal base. Stem fleshy, marked with a dense, villous line. h. 1ft. India, 1848. (B. M. 4620.)