(Footnote.  Flinders Voyage volume 2 page 576.)

To this new genus I have given the name of my friend Captain King, who, during his important surveys of the Coasts of New Holland, formed valuable collections in several departments of Natural History, and on all occasions gave every assistance in his power to Mr. Cunningham, the indefatigable botanist who accompanied him.  The name is also intended as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Captain Philip Gidley King, who, as Governor of New South Wales, materially forwarded the objects of Captain Flinders’ voyage; and to whose friendship Mr. Ferdinand Bauer and myself were indebted for important assistance in our pursuits while we remained in that colony.

KINGIA.

ORD.  NAT.  Junceae prope Dasypogon, Calectasiam et Xerotem.

CHAR.  GEN.  Perianthium sexpartitum, regulare, glumaceum, persistens.  Stamina sex, fera hypogyna:  Antheris basi affixis.  Ovarium triloculare, loculis monospermis; ovulis adscendentibus.  Stylus 1.  Stigma tridentatum.  Pericarpium exsuccum, indehiscens, monospermum, perianthio scarioso cinctum.

Planta facie Xanthorrhoeae elatioris.  Caudex arhorescens cicatricibus basibusve foliorum exasperatus?  Folia caudicem terminantia confertissima longissima, figura et dispositione Xanthorrhoeae.  Pedunculi numerosi foliis breviores, bracteis vaginantibus imbricatis tecti, floriferi terminales erecti, mox, caudice parum elongato foliisque novellis productis, laterales, et divaricati vel deflexi, terminati capitulo denso globoso floribus tribracteatis.

Kingia australis.  Table C.

DESC.  Caudex arborescens erectus simplicissimus cylindraceus, 6-18-pedes altus, crassitie femoris.  Folia caudicem terminantia numerosissima patula, apicibus arcuato-recurvis, lorea, solida, ancipitia apice teretiusculo, novella undique tecta pilis adpressis strictis acutis laevibus, angulis lateralibus et ventrali retrorsum scabris.  Pedunculi numerosi teretes 8-12-pollicares crassitie digiti, vaginis integris brevibus imbricatis hinc in foliolum subulatum productis tecti.  Capitulum globosum, floridum magnitudine pruni minoris, fructiferum pomum parvum aequans.  Flores undique dense imbricati, tribracteati, sessiles.  Bractea exterior lanceolata breve acuminata planiuscula erecta, extus villosa intus glabra, post lapsum fructus persistens:  duae laterales angusto-naviculares, acutissimae, carina lateribusque villosis, longitudine fere exterioris, simul cum perianthio fructifero, separatim tamen, dilabentibus.  Perianthium sexpartitum regulare subaequale glumaceum:  foliola lanceolata acutissima disco nervoso nervis immersis simplicissimis, antica et postica plana, lateralia complicata lateribus inaequalibus, omnia basi subangustata, extus longitudinaliter sed extra medium praecipue villosa, intus glaberrima, aestivatione imbricata.  Stamina sex subaequalia, aestivatione stricta filamentis sensim elongantibus:  Filamenta fere hypogyna ipsis basibus foliolorum perianthii