a new Genus of Plants in New Holland. 353 
King’s voyages, who examined the plant in the same place of 
growth, in February 1818 and in December 1821, was not 
more fortunate than myself. Captain King, however, in his 
last visit to King George’s Sound, in November 1822, ob- 
served it with ripe seeds: and at length Mr. William Baxter, 
whose attention I had particularly directed to this plant, found 
it, on the shores of the same port in 1823, both in flower and 
fruit. To this zealous collector, and to his liberal employer 
Mr. Henchman, I am indebted for complete specimens of its 
fructification, which enable me to establish it as a genus distinct 
from any. yet described. 
To this new genus I have given the name of my friend Cap- 
tain King, who, during his important surveys of the coasts of 
New Holland, formed valuable collections in several depart- 
ments of Natural History, and on all occasions gave every as- 
sistance in his power to Mr. Cunningham, the indefatigable 
botanist who accompanied him. ‘The name is also intended 
as amark 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’s voyage; and to 
whose friendship Mr. Ferdinand Bauer and myself were in- 
debted for important assistance in our pursuits while we re- 
mained in that colony. 
KINGIA. 
Orv. Nat. Juncee prope Dasypogon, Calectasiam et Xerotem. 
Cuar. Gen. Perianthium sexpartitum, regulare, glumaceum, 
persistens. Stamina sex, fere hypogyna: Antheris basi affixis. 
Ovarium triloculare, loculis monospermis ; ovzl7s adscenden- 
tibus. Stylus 1. Stigma tridentatum. Pericarpium exsuccum. 
indehiscens, monospermum, perianthio scarioso cinctum. 
Planta facie Xanthorrhcee elatioris. Caudex arborescens cica- 
tricibus basibusve foliorum exasperatus ? Folia caudicem ter- 
minantia confertissima longissima, figura et dispositione Xan- 
thorrhoee. Pedunculi numerosi foliis breviores, bracteis va- 
ginantibus imbricatis tecti, floriferi terminales erecti, mox, 
caudice parum elongato foliisque novellis productis, laterales, 
et divaricati vel deflexi, terminati capitulo denso globoso flo- 
ribus tribracteatis. 
Kincia Australis. Tab. C. 
Desc. Caudex arborescens erectus simplicissimus cylindra- 
ceus, 6—18 pedes altus, crassitie femoris. Jolia caudicem ter- 
minantia numerosissima patula, apicibus arcuato-recurvis, lo- 
rea, solida, ancipitia apice teretiusculo, novella undique tecta 
pilis adpressis strictis acutis laevibus, angulis lateralibus et ven- 
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