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NATURAL HISTORY. 
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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 
Captain King, who, during his important surveys of the 
Coasts of New Holland, formed valuable collections in se- 
veral 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. Juncecs prope Dasypogon, Calectasiam et Xerotem. 
Char. Gen. sexpartitum, regulare, glumaceum, per- 
sistens. Stamina sex, fere hypogyna: Antheris basi affixis. 
Ovarium triloculare, loculis monospermis ; ovulis adscenden- 
tibus. Stylus 1. Stigma tridentatum. Pericardium exsuc- 
cum, indehiscens, monospermum, perianthio scarioso cinctum. 
Planta facie Xanthorrhoese elatioris. Caudex arborescens cica- 
tricibus basibusve foliorum exasperatus 9 Folia caudicem 
terminantia confertissima longissima, figura et dispositione 
Xanthorrhoese. Pedunculi numerosi foliis breviores, bracteis 
vaginantibus imbricatis tecti, floriferi terminates erecti, 
moXy caudice parum] elongate foliisque novellis productis, 
lateraleSy et divaricati vel defiexiy terminati c^,pitulo demo 
globose jioribus tribracteatis. 
Kingia Australis. Tab. C. 
Desc. Caudex arborescens erectus simplicissimus cylindraceus, 
6--18-pedes altus, crassitie femoris. Folia caudicem terminantia 
