AXn THEIR MAX AC EM EXT. 



26; 



lonopsis. 



shallow pan, pro\-ided with ample drainag-e, and a compost 

 consisting \\-holly of sijhagnum and i)artl_\--dcca\-cd lea\-es. 

 It must ne\"er be allowed to sufter fVom want of moisture 

 at an\' season of the year. 



I. paniculata {Lindl.). — This is a very variable species 

 producing an abundance of its delicate flowers in siirtading 

 pianicles. Sepals and petals very short, sharp-pointed ; lip very 

 large, twodobed, the limb being sometimes white, and at others 

 either purple- or vellow-sjiotted. ^^dnter. Leaves linear lanceo- 

 late, thicl^ and channelled, keeled, 6in. long. { 1!. ^L, t. 5541. ) 



IPSE A. 



Two species of intermediate-house terrestrial Orchids 

 of the tribe Epidendjwc, make up tlie genus Ipsca i I.iiidl.). 



Fig. 82. Fi.iAVKK of Ipsea speckisa 



(nat. bize). 



The name is from ips, a 

 are thoucrht to resemble. 



C}-nips insect, which the flowers 

 The srjecies are natives of 



species 



