IONOPSIS 



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IPOMCEA 



Hardy and very dwarf annual plants. Seeds. Any 

 good garden soil. 

 /. acau'le (stemless). J. Purple or violet. Spring and 



summer. Portugal; N.Africa. 1845. 

 albiflo'rum (white-flowered). J. White. Algeria. 

 IONOFSIS. (From ion, violet, and opsis, like. Nat. 

 ord. Orchids [Orchidacese]. Linn. 20-Gynandria, i-Mon- 

 andria. Allied to Burlingtonia.) 



Stove orchids. For culture, see BURLINGTONIA. 

 I. panicula'ta (panicled). x. White, violet. Brazil. 



1865. 



pulche'lla (handsome). Violet. July. Merida. 

 te'nera (slender). See I. UTRICULARIOIDES. 

 iesticula'ta (testicled). . White. Jamaica. 1905. 

 utricularioi'des (Utricularia-like). *. White, purple. 



October. Trinidad. 1822. 



IOSTETHANE. (From ion, a violet, and stephane, a 

 crown ; in allusion to the violet rays of the flower. Nat. 

 ord. Composite.) 



Subshrubby, evergreen, greenhouse plant. Cuttings 

 of side-shoots in heat in spring. Loam, leaf-mould, and 

 plenty of sand. 

 I. heterophy'lla (various-leaved), if. Violet or purple. 



August to October. Mexico. 1820. 

 IPECACUA'NHA. An emetic drug obtained from the 

 roots of Ceph&lis Ipecacuanha. 



IPHIGE'NIA. (iphigenia was a daughter of Agamem- 

 non. Nat. ord. Liliaceae.) 



Half-hardy herb requiring the protection of a pit or 

 greenhouse in winter. Division of the root-stock. Loam, 

 leaf-mould, and sand. 

 /. i'ndica (Indian). I. Purple. Early summer. India. 



1818. 



IPOMCEA. (From ips, bindweed, and homoios 

 similar. Nat. ord. Bindweeds [Convolvulaceae]. Linn 

 5-Pentandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Annuals, by seed in a hotbed ; perennials, by seed 

 and cuttings of the short side-shoots, in sandy peat, 

 under a bell-glass, and in a good bottom-heat ; bulbous 

 and tuberous, by division, and by cuttings of the young 

 shoots, as they commence growing ; the bulbs and 

 tuberous ones, especially the hardier ones, are used for 

 herbaceous grafting, merely making a cleft, and slipping 

 the young shoot into the place, claying over, and plunging 

 in a hotbed ; stout, short stems, with roots of Sello'wii, 

 are frequently used for grafting the more tender sorts ; 

 peat and loam. Temp, for stove kinds, 60 to 85 in 

 summer ; 50 to 60 in winter. The crimson Horsfa'llice 

 requires a good heat. 



HARDY AND HALF-HARDY ANNUALS. 



I. purpu'rea (purple). 6-10. Purple, with white ribs. 



Summer. Trop. Amer. 1629. 



ver si' color (changing - coloured). 12-15. Red, 



yellow. Summer. Trop. Amer. 1841. 



STOVE ANNUALS. 



I. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). Yellow. July. Tropics 



of Old World. 1778. 



codesti'na (sky-blue). Blue. August. 1840. Twiner. 

 cocci' nea (scarlet). 10. Scarlet. July to September. 



Tropics. 1818. 



filicau'lis (thread-stalked). See I. ANGUSTIFOLIA. 

 murica'ta (point-covered). 8. Blue, purple. August. 



Himalayas. 1777. 

 pilo'sa (thinly-hairy). 6. White, purple. July. 



India ; Trop. Africa. 1818. 

 Qua'moclit (Quamoclit). 1^-3. Scarlet. Tropics. 



1629. 



a'lba (white). White. 1629. 

 quinquefo'lia (five-leaved). 6. White. July. Trop. 



Amer. 1807. 

 renifo'rmis (kidney-shaped), i. September. Trop. 



Asia and Africa. 1816. 



sero'tina (late). Orange. July. Mexico. 1824. 

 tridenta'ta (three-toothed). 10. Yellow. July. E. 



Ind. 1778. 

 tri'loba (three-lobed). 10. Violet. July. Trop 



Amer. 1752. 



HARDY TWINERS. 



I. ca'ndicans (whitish). 15. White. July. N. Amer. 



1776. 

 ebractea'ta (bractless). i. White. July. Trop. Amer. 



1819. Trailer. 



imperia'lis (imperial). 6-8. Blue or rosy-lilac. 1897. 

 aura'ta (golden). Leaves golden. 1897. 

 colla'ta (collected). Flowers variable in colour, 



crimped at the edges. 1897. 

 lacuno'sa (pitted). 10. White. June. N. Amer. 



1640. Deciduous. 

 leptophy'lla (slender-leaved). 2. Rose, purple in the 



throat. N.W. Amer. 1900. 

 ,, pandura'ta (fiddle-shaped). 12. White, purple. 



June. N. Amer. 1732. Deciduous. 

 sagitta'ta (arrow-shaped). 3. Rose. July. N. Amer. 



1819. Deciduous. 



,, sagittifo'lia (arrow-head-leaved). See I. SAGITTATA. 

 ,, sibi'rica (Siberian). 8. Flesh. July. Siberia. 1779. 



Deciduous. 

 sinua'ta (scollop-leaved). 6. White. July. Florida. 



1813. Evergreen. 

 supe'rba (superb). Mexico. 



GREENHOUSE TWINERS. 



/. arbore'scens (tree). 10. Mexico. 1818. Shrub. 

 arma'ta (armed). 6. Purple. July. Mexico. 1824. 



Biennial. 

 au'rea (golden). Lemon-yellow. Lower California. 



1900. Tuberous rooted. 

 bi'color (two-coloured). Purple. July. Trop. Amer. 



1732. 

 cra'ssipes (thick-flower-s talked). 3. Purple. August. 



S. Africa. 1842. 



,, Gerra'rdi (Gerrard's). See I. ALBIVENIA. 

 gossypioi'des (Gossypium-like). Rose, red-purple. 



Southern Argentina. 1897. Annual. 

 Kerbe'rii (Kerber's). Vivid scarlet. S. Amer. 1894. 

 macrorhi'za (long-rooted). 10. White. August. 



Georgia. 1815. Tuber. 

 ru'bra (red). Red, purple. August. Mexico. 



1815. 



Natio'nis (Nation's). Scarlet. Peru. 1864. 

 pe'ndula. (hanging-down). See I. PALMATA. 

 quina'ta (five-leafleted). Violet. July. Trop. Asia 



and Australia. 



,, Sello'wii (Sellow's). See I. BONARIENSIS. 

 ,, seti'fera (bristle-bearing). White, fragrant. Tempe- 

 rate Brazil. 1894. 

 Woo'dii (Wood's). Rose-purple. S. Africa. 1894. 



Tuberous. 



STOVE DECIDUOUS TWINERS. 



/. Aito'ni (Alton's). 10. Pale purple. June. S.Africa. 

 Batatas (Batatas). White, purple. Tropics. 1797. 



" Sweet Potato." 



batatai'des (Batatas-like). See I. MESTITLANICA. 

 ,, Bronso'ni (Bronson's). Cuba. 1892. 

 campanula 1 ta (bell-flowered). 8. Purple, white. 



August. E. Ind. 1800. 

 carno'sa (fleshy). 5. White. July. Trop. regions. 



1838. 



Caroli'na (Carolina). See I. COMMUTATA. 

 ,, commuta'ta (changed). 10. Purple. July. N. Amer. 



1732. 

 deco'ra (becoming). 3. White, rosy-purple. E. 



Africa. 1879. 

 ficifo'lia (fig-leaved). 3. Purple. November. 



Buenos Ayres. 1840. 

 glaucifo'lia (glaucous-leaved). Purple. June. Trop. 



Amer. 1732. 



JteUrophy'lla (various-leaved). Purple. July. Aus- 

 tralia. 1818. 

 involucra'ia (involucred). 4. Red. July. Guinea. 



1823. 

 leuca'ntha (white-flowered). 6. White. August. 



S. Amer. 1823. 



,, longifo'lia (long-leaved). See I. CARNOSA. 

 mestitla'nica (Mestitlanian). 6. Purple, crimson. 



July. Mexico. 1840. 

 multifto'ra (many-flowered). 6. Pink. June. 



Jamaica. 

 ochra'cea (yellowish). Yellow. August. Guinea. 



1826. 



