444 LILIACEE (Baker). | [ Rhadamanthus. 
XXIX. RHADAMANTHUOS, Salisb. 
Perianth gamophyllous, campanulate; segments ovate, obtuse, 
equal, erect, about as long as the tube. Stamens 6, inserted below, 
the throat of the perianth-tube, subuniseriate ; filaments short, erect, 
flattened downwards; anthers oblong, connivent, dehiscing introrsely. 
Ovary sessile, ovoid, 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style short, 
columnar; stigma capitate. Capsule membranous, ovoid, loculicidally 
3-valved. Seeds discoid, winged, 6-8 in a cell; testa black ; albu- 
men firm in texture. 
DistriB. Endemic. 
_ Peduncle 3-6 in. long ; flowers unilateral Ne .-» (1) convallarioides. 
Peduncle 16-18 in. long ; flowers not unilateral... .. (2) cyanelloides. 
1. R. convallarioides (Salisb. Gen. 37); rootstock a tunicated 
bulb; leaves 9-10, produced after the flowers, linear-subulate, 
3-3 in. long; peduncle stiff, slender, naked, 83-6 in. long; raceme 
lax, 6-20-flowered ; pedicels }-3 in, long; bracts minute, deltoid ; 
perianth whitish, } in. long, with 6 green-purple stripes. Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xi, 434. Hyacinthus convallarioides, Linn. fil. 
Suppl. 204; Thunb. Prodr. 64; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 326; Jacq. 
Hort. Schoenbr. i. 42, t. 81; Willd, Sp. Plant. ii. 168; Roem. et 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 584; Kunth, Enum. iv. 305. 
Sour Arerrca: without locality, Masson! 
Coast Reaion: Robertson Div.; Karoo near Montagu, Bolus, 7567 ! 
CrntTRat Reeion : Karoo below the Rogge Veld, Thunberg. 
2. B.? cyanelloides (Baker) ; rootstock, leaf, fruit and seeds un- 
known ; inflorescence and perianth as in Eriospermum ; peduncle 
slender, naked, above a foot long; raceme lax, oblong, above 
2 in. long ; pedicels erecto-patent, 1-1 in. long ; bracts membranous, 
pale, tricuspidate, persistent, the central eusp large, linear; perianth 
campanulate, ~ in. long, eut down to the base; segments oblong- 
lanceolate, white, with a distinct 1-nerved brown keel ; stamens like 
those of Cyamnella, as long as the perianth, with very short filaments 
and six a — Sener anthers permanently connivent = 
a cone and dehisci apical pores ; style not protruded beyon 
the tips of the ane ee Ja 4 
Coast Rr ot Swe 
2100 feet, rosaedieg gg Div.; grassy valleys near Prospect Farm, Komgha, 
Most likely a new genus, 
XXX. LITANTHOS, Harv. 
Perianth gamophyllous, deciduous ; tube oblong; segments short, 
ovate, obtuse, ascending. Stamens 6, uniseriate, inserted belaw the 
throat of the perianth-tube; filaments very short; anthers with a 
produced emarginate connective, dehiscing introrsely. Ovary ovoid, 
sessile, 3-celled; ovules many, superposed ; style cylindrical; stigma 
capitate. Capsule ovoid, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 
compressed ; testa black, opaque, 
DistR1s. Endemic ; monotypic. 
