Arthropodium
(from arthron, a joint, and pous, a foot; the footstalks of the flowers being jointed). ORD. Liliaceoe. Very pretty greenhouse herbaceous perennials, allied to Anthericum. Flowers purplish or white, in loose racemes. Leaves grass-like, radical. They thrive well in a compost of sandy loam and peat, and may be increased freely by divisions or seeds.
A. cirratum (curled). fl. white; racemes divided; bracteas leafy. May. l. lanceolate, ensiform, spreading, 1ft. long. h. 3ft. New Zealand, 1821.
A. fimbriatum (fringed). fl. white. July. h. 1 1/2ft. New Holland, 1822.
A. neo-caledonicum (New Caledonian).* fl. small, white, on a much-branched, many-flowered panicle. May. l. tufted, linear-lanceolate, barred with black linear markings near the base. h. 1 1/2ft. New Caledonia, 1877.
A. paniculatum (panicled).* fl. white; racemes divided; pedicels clustered; inner sepals crenulate. May. l. narrowly lanceolate. h. 3ft. New South Wales, 1800. A. minus is a small form of this species.
A. pendulum (pendulous).* fl. white, clustered in threes, pendulous. June to August. l. linear, keeled, shorter than the branched scape. h. 1 1/2ft. New Holland, 1822.