Rohdea
(named in honour of Mich. Rohde, physician and botanist, of Bremen). SYN. Titragyne. ORD. Liliacae. A monotypic genus. The species is a greenhouse or half-hardy, perennial, with a short, thick rhizome. For culture, see Reineckea.
R. japonica (Japanese). fl., perianth white, fleshy, 1/6in. long and thick; spike very dense, 1in. to 2in. long. January to April. l. all radical, nine to twelve in a rosette, sub-erect, sessile, oblanceolate, 1ft. long, 2in. to 3in. broad, glabrous, acute. h. 2ft. Japan, 1783. (B. M. 898, under name of Orontium japonicum.)