in botany, a genus of the dioecia decandria clas. The calyx of both male and female consists of five segments, and the corolla of five petals; the antherae of the male are perforated at the apex: The female has five styli; the capsule has five valves, one cell, and many seeds. There is but one species, a native of Ethiopia.

KIDDARE, the capital of a county of the same name, in Ireland, twenty-seven miles south-west of Dublin.