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* PLEUROTHALLIS saurocéphala. 
Lizard-headed Pleurothallis. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACEZ, S MALAXIDEA. 
PLEUROTHALLIS, Supra vol. 9. fol. 759. 
P. saurocephala ; folio coriaceo oblongo cauli vaginato subaequali racemis 
breviore, bracteis ovatis ovario brevioribus, sepalis coriaceis oblongis 
pubescentibus lateralibus semi-connatis, petalis nanis acutis, labello oblongo 
medio excavato utrinque bilamellato: lamellis marginantibus incurvis. 
P. saurocephala, Lodd. Bot. Cab. 
The accompanying drawing was sent me, with the follow- 
ing description, by Mr. W. B. Booth from the Garden of Sir 
Charles Lemon, Bart. M.P. of Carclew. The plant has been 
some years in the gardens near London, but has always 
remained a scarce species, 
“ The species now before us was, with some other tropical 
plants, added to the collection of Sir Charles Lemon, by 
Mrs. Lake of Falmouth, and flowered for the first time in 
September last. | 
“ Stem jointed, round, smooth and upright, from six to 
eight inches high, and nearly covered by the sheathing per- 
manent bractee which proceed from the joints. Leaves 
ovate-oblong, obtuse, very thick and fleshy, about five inches 
in length and two in breadth, of a deep green on both sides, 
nearly flat, excepting at the base, which is slightly com- 
pressed or cupped. The flower spikes spring from a kind of 
spathe in the axil, formed by the leaf and stem; whether 
* See folio 1298. 
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