Tab. 5541. 



IONOPSIS PANICULATA. 



Panicled Ionopsis. 



Nat. Orel. Orchide.e. — Gynandria Monandria. 



Gen. Char. Sepala erecta, sequalia, membranacea ; lateralibus in saccum con- 

 natis. Petala sepalis couformia. Labellnm membranaceum, sepalis longius, co- 

 lumn;! paralleluru, limbo reflexo ; basi angustatum, auriculis 2 membranaceis 

 intra marginem callisque 2 carnosis intra auriculas. Columna erecta, nana, 

 aptera, semiteres, rostello rostrato. PoUinia 2, cereacea, sphserica, postice ex- 

 cavata ; caudieula lineari. glandula. obovata. Anther a unilocularis, rostrata. — 

 Herbae epiphytce, America tropica, acaules. Folia coriacea. Flores in racemis 

 aut paniculis terminalibm dispositi, albi aut violacei. Lindl. 



Ionopsis paniculata ; foliis liueari-lanceolatis carinatis, scapo paniculato diffuso, 

 sepalis acutis, petalis obtusis apiculatis longioribus, labelli pubescentis 

 limbo rotundato bilobo sepalis multo longiore, auriculis rotundatis, sacco 

 simplici. Lindl. 



Ionopsis paniculata. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub t. 1904. Fol. Orch. 1852. 

 TFalpers, Ann. t. 5. p. 685. 



Epidendre paniculc. Descourtilz, Epid. Bras. ined. in Bibl. Belessert. I. 54. 



This is by far the finest species of a genus that otherwise com- 

 prehends none but insignificant plants. It must also be regarded 

 as the most extensively dispersed, if Professor Reichenbach's 

 supposition, that it is a mere variety of I. utricularioides should 

 prove to be well founded, the latter species being diffused 

 over nearly the whole continent of South America. The speci- 

 men figured was taken from among a multitude imported irom 

 Brazil by Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., of Clapton, and which 

 formed one of the most attractive features of their orchid-houses 

 during the months of October and November last year. There 

 were innumerable varieties, some almost pure white, others white 

 and yellow, and others again— like the subject of the Plate — 

 with a lovely purple spot on the lip. The flowers last for a con- 

 siderable time, and are very freely produced ; indeed in order to 

 preserve the plants in health it is sometimes necessary to destroy 

 the flower-spikes, which, as iu the case of the species of Phala- 



NOTEJIBM 1st, 1865. 



