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Insectivorous plants, pi. which capture insects, &c., by special appa- 

 ratus, and absorb the resulting products, whether after a special 

 fermentation, or as humus. About 400 spp. belonging to Droseraceae 

 (Aldrovanda, Dionaea, Drosera, Drosophylluin, &c.), Cephalotaceae 

 (Cephalotus), Lentibulariaceae (Pingiticiila, Utricularia, &c.), Ne- 

 penthaceae (Nepenthes), and Sarraceniaceae (Sarracenia, &c.). Cf. 

 gen. mentioned for details, and Darwin, Insectivorous Plants. 



Insertion of leaves, mode of union with stem ; cf. Leaf. 



Insignis (Lat.), notable. 



Insolation, exposure to sun. 



Integrifolius (Lat.), simple -leafed. 



Integuments, the coats of the ovule-. 



Inter- (Lat. pref.), between ; -calary (growth), at a point between 

 apex and base; -cellular spaces, air spaces in leaves, &c. ; -node, 

 the space between a leaf and the next above it ; -petiolar stipules, 

 Rubiaceae. 



Interruptedly pinnate, with alt. large and small leaflets, Rosaceae. 



Intrapetiolar stipules, Rubiaceae. 



Introrse (anther), opening towards centre of fl. 



Intruded, projecting forwards. 



Intsia Thou. (Afzelia p.p.). Leguminosae (n. 3). 8 palaeotrop. 



Inula L. Compositae (4). 100 Eur., As., Afr. (4 in Brit). The root 

 of/. Heleniiim L., the elecampane, is officinal. 



Inulin, a carbohydrate. 



Inulopsis O. Hoffm. (Aplopappus p.p.). Compositae (3). i S. Brazil. 



Inversodicraea Engl. ex R. E. Fries. Podostemaceae. i Victoria Falls. 



Inverted flower, Clitoria, Campanulaceae, Orchidaceae. 



Involucel, secondary involucre, Uinbelliferae. 



Involucre, a whorl of bracts, usu. in condensed infls., Anemone, Com- 

 positae, Eranthis, Unibelliferae. 



Involute (vernation), margins rolled inwards. 



Inyonia M. E. Jones. Compositae (inc. sed.). i N. Am. 



lochroma Benth. Solanaceae (n. 2). 15 trop. Am. /. macrocalyx 

 Miers shows protection of the fl.-buds, as in Spathodea,- by watery 

 secretion between K and C. Cult. orn. fl. 



lodanthus Torr. et Gray. Cruciferae (2). i Atl. N. Am. 



lodes Blume. Icacinaceae. 6 trop. As., Afr., Madag. * 



lodina Hook, et Am. Santalaceae. i temp. S. Am. 



lonactis Greene (Aster p. p.). Compositae (3). 3 N. Am. 



lone Lindl. (Bulbophyllum p.p. BII.). Orchid, (n. 16). 5 Indomal. 



lonidium Vent. Violaceae. 50 trop. and subtrop. The roots of /. 

 Ipecacuanha Vent, are used in medicine (white Ipecacuanha) in the 

 same way as the true drug (Uragoga). 



lonopsidium Rchb. (Cochlearia p.p. BH.). \ Portugal, /. acaule 

 Rchb. with sol. fls. in the axils of radical leaves. 



lonopsis H. B. et K. Orchidaceae (n. 19). 10 trop. Am., epiphyte's. 



lonoxalis Small (Oxalis p.p.). Oxalidaceae. 70 N. Am. 



lostephane Benth. Compositae (5). 2 Mexico. 



Ipecacuanha Arruda = Psychotria L. (Bff.) Uragoga L. 



Ipecacuanha, Uragoga Ipecacuanha Baill. ; bastard- (W. I.), Ascle- 

 pias, curassavica L. ; wnite -, lonidium Ipecacuanha Vent. 



