No. 1571. 
PLEUROTHALLIS SAUROCEPHALUS. 
Class. Order. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
....... 
We received this curious plant through 
the kindness of Mr. F. Warre, who sent it 
to us from Rio Janeiro, in the neighbour- 
hood of which he found it, with many other 
rare plants of this family, growing on trees. 
The leaves, which are few in number, are 
exceedingly thick and fleshy ; at their base 
is a kind of bud, from which the flower 
stalk springs up. The flowers are singu- 
larly formed, bearing а fancied resemblance 
to the head of a lizard: they were pro- 
duced with us in September. 
The plant must be constantly preserved 
in the stove, potted in vegetable earth and 
moss : it may be increased sparingly by se- 
parating the roots. 
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