pardanthus

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A genus of monocotyledonous plants of the order lrideæ, the tribe Sisyrinchieæ, and the subtribe Eusisyrinchieæ, now known as Belamcanda (Adanson, 1763), and distinguished by a capsule with reflexed valves, exposing the black fleshy seeds on an erect persistent axis.