Plate 2492. 



EHODOCODON TJRGINEOIDES, Baker. 



LiLiACE.E. Tribe Scille.e. 

 R. urgineoides, Baker (sp, nov.) ; bulbo globoso tunicis exterioribus 



pallidis, foliis 2-3 synanthiis lanceolatis glabris flaccidis, scapo tereti 

 elongato, floribus pluribus in racemum laxum dispositis, pedicellis 

 brevibus floriferis saepissime cernuis, bracteis ovatis membranaceis 

 calcaratis, perianthii albi canipanulati segmentis ovatis apice leviter 

 cucullatis tubo sequilongis vel brevioribus, staminibus prope medium 

 tubi insertis filamentis brevibus, fructu oblongo- trigone, seminibus in 

 quoque loculo pluribus nigris applanatis. 



Hab. Central Madagascar : forests of the province of Tanala, alt. 

 4,000-4,500 ft, Dr. Forsyth Major (Nos. 44 and 445). Also Baron 



(Nos. 3191, 6754). 



Bulbiis 1 poll. diam. Folia subpedalia, medio 6-9 lin. lata. 

 Perianthium 3 lin. longura. Capsula 4 lin. longa. 



This is a second species of an endemic Madagascar genus, of which 



the type (R, madagascariensis, Baker) is described and figured in the 

 Journal of the Linnean Society^ xviii. 280, t. 8. — J. G. Baker. 



Fio-. 1. Per'anrh closed. 2. Peri;^,nth cut open to show the stamens. 3. Pistil. 



4. Capsule. 6. Seed. All enlarged. 



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