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* PLEUROTHALLIS sanrocephala. 

 Lizard-headed Pleurothallhi. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDIilA. 



Nal. orH. Orchidace,e, § Malaxide/E. 

 PLEUROTHALLIS, Supra vol. 9.foL 759. 



P. sanrocephala ; folio coriaceo oblongo cauli vaginato subaequali racemis 



breviore, bracteis ovatis ovario brevioribus, sepalis coriaceis obloiigis 

 pubescentibus laterallbus semi-connatis, petalis iianls acutis, labello oblongo 

 medio excavate utrinque bilaniellato: lainellis iiiarginantibus incurvis. 

 P. saurocepbala, Lodd. Bot. Cah. 



Tlie 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. 



" jS^e?;* jointed, round, smooth and upright, from six to 

 eight inches high, and nearly covered by the sheathing per- 

 manent bractese 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 foicer spikes spring from a kind of 

 spathe in the axil, formed by the leaf and stem ; whether 



* See folio 1298. 

 VOL. xxiri. 



