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)iot-bfd, or in the earth of the bed, in the earlv fpring 

 months, proper air and water bcinij given. When the 

 plants have attained fome jrrowth, and in the firR fort begin 

 to flimls they fhould be removed, with balls of earth about 

 their roots, into the places where they are to grow ; or, 

 whicli-js better for the firft kind, into feparate large pots, 

 rephing'ng them in the bark hot -bed. They (hould have 

 proper (licks fet for them to twine about ; fome pots <xf the 

 firll kind being placed in the flove, as being more tender in 

 their nature. 



The fird fort affords variety in the ftovc, and among 

 other tender potted plants in the fummer ; and the latter, in 

 the fronts of warm borders, as well as among the lefs tender 

 potted flowering plants. 



IPOMOPSIS, in Botany, fo called, byMichanx, from 

 »-oi, lo Jlr'ike forcibly, and oJ.i-, the Jight, in allufion, as it 

 (hould feem, to the dazzling brilliancy of the flowers of the 

 original fpecies. Michanx Amer. v. i. 141. Sm. Exot. 

 Bot. V. I. 23. Ait. Hcrt. Kcw ed. 2. v. i. 342. Clafs and 

 order, Pentandr'ia Mor.s^ynia. Nat. Ord. Campanacet, Linn. 

 Pohmotiia, ,Tu(r. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, bell-fliaped, membra- 

 Jious a; the bafe ; its limb in five, long, equal, linear, eredl 

 fegments. Cor. funnel-fnaped ; tube cylindrical ; limb in 

 five, iee^p, ovate, nearly equal fegment?. Stam. Filaments 

 five, inferted into the upper part of the tube, awl-(ha])ed, 

 fhorter than the limb ; anthers roundilli, tv.o-lobed. Pi/l. 

 Germen fuperior, ovate ; ftyle thread-lTiaped, about as long 

 as the tube ; ftigma in three, deep, oblong, downy, fpread- 

 ing fegments. Perk. Capfule rather (liorter than the calyx, 

 ovate, obtufe, of three cells, and three valves. Secdi feveral 

 in each cell, in two rows, acutely angular. 



E(r. Ch. Calyx in five fegments, membranous at the bafe. 

 Corolla funnel-fhaped. Stam.cns fpringiiig from the tube. 

 •Stigma three-cleft. Capfule fuperior, of three cells and 

 three valves. Seeds feveral, angular. 



I. I.elegans. Scar'et Ipomopfis. Michaux Amer. v, 1. 

 14;. Sm. Exot Bot. t 13. (IpomiTa rubra; Linn. Sy!h 

 Veg. ed. 14. 204. Polemonium rubrum ; Linn. Sp. PI. 

 231. Ca.tua coronopifolia ; Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. 870. 

 Quamoclit pennatum ereclum, floribus in thyrfum digcllis ; 

 Dill. Ekh. 321. t. 241.) " Stem ereft, llrai;,'ht. Corolla 

 thrice as long as the calvx '" — A native of South Carolina, 

 •whence it was originally brought to Sherard's garden at 

 Eltham. It has occafionally been imported fince from the 

 fame country, and was lately raifed in great perfeflion at 

 Meffrs Lee and Kennedy's, where the excellent figure in 

 exotic botany was drawn. It flowers in September or 

 Oftober, and confequently ripens feed with difficulty. Ac- 

 cording to all apocarati'-e this beautiful plant is a liennial. 

 Root fibrous. St.-m fuiitary, er.-cl, becoming panicled at 

 the height of four or five feet, round, leafy, and clothed, 

 like the whole herbage, with (hort, glandular, white hairs. 

 Ija-ucs pinnatifid ; fegments long and narrow, thofe of the 

 radical leaves (hor.er and broader; floral leaves fimple. 

 Ftowirs on (hort ftalks, drooping. Corolla equally five- 

 cleft, of a bril iant ficsrlet, elegantly dotted on the infide. 

 Stamens (lender, red : anthers yellow, Ccrnun fmooth, pale- 

 green. Capfule almoft membranous, the partitions from the 

 centre of the valves. Seeds in two rows, fmall, not winged, 

 a. /. inconfpicua. Little Blue Ipomopfis. Sm. Exot. 

 Bot. t 14 Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. i. 342. — "Stem 

 much branched and 'preading. Corolla fcarccly longer than 

 the calyx. Segmcrts of all the leaves linear.'" — Native of 

 ^rth America, and firll raifed, in 1793, at Sion Houfe, 

 by Mr. Thomas Hoy, F.L.S. It (lowered in November. 

 Rttot annual. Slimt numerous, ;ibout a foot tiigh, leafy, 



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round, pubefcent as in the laft fpecies. Leaves alternatr, 

 pinnatifid ; fegments long and narrow, generally fimple. 

 Fl'jiL'cr-Jtiilis various in length, fimple, fohtary or in pa , 

 erect. Caly:' with rather broader teeth than the foregoii ^. 

 Corolla blue, with a white tube, by no means ftriking i . 

 beautiful. Stigma purpli(h. Capfuk ovate, thin, whitiili. 

 Dr. Smith has obftrvcd, that this fpecies ferves to conlr 

 the Ipomopfis of Michaux, with which it agrees fo comp'e. 

 in every botanical character, that we find it not very l 

 to eftabh(h even a fpecific difference on found principi 

 while, on the otlier hand, it (hews how di(rerent this natu 

 genus is from Cantua, and all others to which it lias b 

 referred. The fame author mentions a third fpecies, /. ... 

 b'lda, gathered by Dombey, at I..ima, much like this, L, ■. 

 upright ; its leaves doubly pinnatifid, with fomewhat elli; - 

 tical lobes, and its flowers whitifli. 



IPPO, in Natural Hi/lory. See M.\c.4SS.\R Pofon. 

 IPS, in Geography, a town of Aullria, fituated near t': • 

 conflux of the Ips and Danube, on the fcite of the anci ■! ; 

 Pons Ilis, on Ifipontium ; 48 miles W. of Vienna. N. lat. 

 48 13'. E. long. 1 j" 5'. 



IPSALA, or Skii'silar, a town of European Turkey ^ 

 in Romania ; 53 miles S.W. of Adrianople. 



IPS.ARA, called by the ancients Pfyrea or Pfyria, an 

 ifland in the Grecian Archipelage, about fix milc.'i long and 

 three wide ; the foil is in general flony, and affords m great 

 refources to agriculture and commerce. It, however, pro- 

 duces figs, grapes, a fmall quantity of cotton, and fome 

 corn, and red wine is an article of commerce. The inha- 

 bitants are chiefly Greeks, about 1000 in number, who pay 

 a tribute of about looo crowns, and are fubjecl to the cadi 

 of Scio; fix milesN.W. of Scio. N lat. 38 43'. E.long. 

 25 35''. About a league from Ipfara lies a (mailer and 

 dtftit ifland, called " Anti-ipfara, fcarccly two leagues 

 in circumference. Between thefe two iflands (hips find a 

 very good anchorage. 



IPSHEIM, a town of Germany, in the principality of 

 Culmbach; 17 miles N.N.W. of Anfpach. 

 IPSILl, a fmall ifland in the gu'f of Engia. 

 IPSUS, in Ancient Geography, a town and river of Afia, 

 in Phrygia, S.E. of Synnada ; famous for a battle fooght 

 here in the year 300 B C. between Antigonus and Deme- 

 trius, having an army of 70,000 foot, jo,coo horfe, and 

 75 elephants, and the kings of Seleucus, Lyfimachus and 

 Caflandra, who had 74,000 infantry and 10500 cavdry, 

 400 elephants, and so chariots of war. Antigonus was 

 defeated and killed. Demetrius fled into Greece. The 

 conquerors divided their lands between them 



IPSWICH, formerly called Gippefwleh, G\ppefw\d, Gyp- 

 pcujicus, &c. in Geography, a bon>Uc!i and the county town 

 of Suffolk, England, is fcatcd on the northern bank of the 

 river Orwell, at the didance of 18 miles N E. Irom Col- 

 chefter, 54 S.W. of Yarmouth, 12 N.W. of Harwich, and 

 69 N.E. of London. In the year iSco, it contained 2221 

 houfes, and 74,292 inhabitants. Near this place the river 

 Gippen, cr Dipping, unites its waters with the Orwell, 

 which is navigable for 12 miles to the fea at Harwivh, 

 where is a commodious haven, or harbour. Ipfwich ap- 

 pears to have been a town of fome confequence during the 

 Anglo Saxon dynally ; for it was forlilicd with a vallum 

 and fofs when the Danes made their dep-edatory incur- 

 fions into this part of the ifland. Within the fpace of ten 

 years they pillaged this town twice : firll in, or near the 

 yeartjgi, and again in 1000. In the fifth year of king 

 .lohn's reign, the fortifications were repaired and materially 

 (Irengthened. The walls were provided with, at lead, four 

 fortified gates ; which were refpeilivcly called, from their 



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