180 SPICILEGIA GORGONEA. 
cobi, (J. D. Hooker, n. 113. Nov. 1839, spec. vix dum 
florida.) In herb. Mus. reg. Par. spec. florida. 
LIV. ORCHIDEE, Juss. 
232. Habenaria Petromedusa, Webb; petalis 3 exterioribus 
ovato-lanceolatis 9-nerviis acutis, 2 interioribus profunde 
9-partitis exteriorum fere longitudine lacinia superiore 
oblonga paullulum breviore, inferiore setaceo, labello pe- , 
talis exterioribus parum longiore usque ad medium 3-fido 
laciniis filiformibus medio breviore lateralibus divergen- 
tibus, calcare germine breviore filiformi basi gracillimo 
apicem versus sub latiore supra labellum incurvo, anthera 
rotundata incurva subtus in cornua 2 horizontalia pro- 
ducta appendicibus 2 ipsa excedentibus (antheris abortivis) 
horizontaliter porrectis apice deflexis crassis glandulosis 
subtensa, germine gracili in pedicellum longum desinente- 
Has. In herb. ins. Cap. Vir. (Mus. reg. Par.) 
Radiz...... Caulis sesquipedalis, erectus, gracilis, foliosus. 
Folia ovato-lanceolata, divergentia, 4 poll. longa, 1} poll. 
lata. Spica tenuis, sub-3-pollicaris, floribus -circiter 15 
laxis. Bractee lineares, germine 4 lin. long. metiente 
multo breviores. Petala exteriora circiter 14 lin. long’ 
3 lin. lata. 
This may perhaps be identical with the species described 
by Swartz in Persoon's Synopsis as Orchis ichneumonea 
(Habenaria ichneumonea, Lindl) found by Afzelius at Sierra 
Leone; butit is not possible to decide this from his short 
description. 
Two other Orchideous plants, apparently of the Epiden- 
drous tribe, occur in the Portuguese collection, but unfor- 
tunately without flower or fruit. 
LV. AsPARAGINEJ, Juss. 
233. Asparagus scoparius, Lowe, Prim. Mad. p. 11. AS 
paragus plocamoides, Webb, in Steud. Nomencl. p. 150. A+ 
stipularis, Brunn. Ergebn. p. 20? 
Has. Fruticulus facie et magnitudine A. officinalis, Linn. 
