No. 1908. 



PLEUROTHALLIS PROLTFERA. 



Class. Order. 



G YNANDR1A MONANDRTA. 



This is a native of Brazil : according to 

 Mr. Lindley it was received by the Hon. 

 Mr. Herbert, from Bo to Fogo, where it 

 was found in shady places, upon steep 

 rocks. 



It grows with us very slowly, not having 

 made more than two leaves in four years : 

 the leaves are very concave, and the flowers 

 were produced in November : they lie 

 quite close in the hollow part, in a very 

 curious and unusual manner. But every 

 thing which is created has something in it 

 to excite our admiration of its Glorious 

 Author, that most Beneficent God, who 

 n causeth it to rain on the earth where no 

 man is ; on the wilderness where there is 

 no man ; to satisfy the desolate and waste 

 grounds, and to cause the bud of the ten- 

 der herb to spring forth." 



