Rhipogonum
(from rhips, a rod, and gonu, a knee or joint; in allusion to the jointed stalk). Sometimes spelt Ripogonum. ORD. Liliaceae. A small genus (five species) of tall, climbing, greenhouse shrubs, of which one is a native of New Zealand, and the rest are Australian. Flowers rather small, shortly pedicellate or sub-sessile, racemose or spicate; perianth segments distinct, equal, or the outer ones shorter. Leaves often mostly opposite, sometimes all alternate, three to five-nerved, with reticulated veinlets; petioles not cirrhiferous. The species are little known in cultivation. R. album requires culture similar to Myrsiphyllum.
R. album (white). fl. white, rather distant, in axillary, simple racemes, usually shorter than the leaves. June and July. fr. red when fresh, drying black, 1/3in. in diameter. l. irregularly opposite or alternate, elliptic or oblong, varying to ovate o" almost lanceolate, shortly acuminate, narrowed at base, mostly 3in. to 4in. long. Main branches often prickly. Australia 1820.