436 CHARACTER AND DESCRIPTION 



cation, 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 

 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 occa- 

 sions 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. Juncece prope Dasypogon, Calectasiam et 

 Xerotem. 



Char. Gen. PeriantJiiiwi sexpartitum, regulare, gluma- 

 ceum, persistens. Stamina sex, fere hypogyna : Antheris 

 basi aifixis. Ovarium triloculare, loculis monospermis ; 

 ovidis adscendentibus. Stylus 1. Stigma tridentatum. 

 Pericarpiwn exsuccum, indehiscens, monospermum, perian- 

 thio scarioso cinctum. 



Planta facie Xanthorrhoese elatioris. Caudex arhores- 

 cens cicatricibus basibusve foliorum exasperatus ? Folia 

 caudicem terminantia cojifertissiina longissima^ figura et 

 disposltione Xanthorrhoese. Pedunculi numerosi foliis 

 breviores, bracteis vagitiantibus imbricatis tecti.floriferi ter- 

 minates erecti,mox^caudice jjarum eton(/ato fotiisque novellis 

 productis^ taterales, et divaricati vel dejtewi, terminati 

 eapitulo denso globoso Jtoribus tribracteatis. 



KiNGiA Australis. Tab. C.^ 



Desc. Caudex arborescens erectus simplicissimus cylin- 



^ See note at p. 187. 



