Kingia
(named after Captain P. G. King, Governor of New South Wales). ORD. Junceae. A monotypic genus, the species being a long-lived greenhouse plant, with an erect wooden caudex. For culture, see Xanthorrhaea. K. australis (Southern). fl. arranged in a globular head, about 2in. in diameter; perianth segments lanceolate; peduncles several from the tuft of leaves, 6in. to 12in. long, covered with broad sheathing bracts. l. 2ft. to 3ft. long, and only one to two lines broad, in the greater part of their length, spreading or recurved, flat, or more or less triquetrous; edges usually serrulate. Caudex sometimes many feet in height. West Australia.