THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
V"dL. XXIX] DECEMBER, ,l$2l. [No. 342^ 
NOTES. 
Dendrobium cucvmerinum. —This curious- £>endrobe is figured in the 
■Botanical Register, 1843, t. 37, and in describing it Lindley remarked: “ It 
very much resembles a heap of little cucumbers, whence the name has been 
derived. The flowers appear from the base of the cucumbers in threes. 
They are dirty white, with long narrow sepals and petals striped with pink, 
and a three-lobed lip, whose middle division is crisped very much, and five 
wavy elevated ridges along its middle. A native of new Holland, whence it 
was sent to Messrs. Loddiges from Mr. Wm. MacLeay.” 
Leptotes unicolor. —This little rarity was originally described by 
Rodrigues in 1877 (Gen. et Sp. Orch. nov., i., p. 47), who gave as its habitat 
the trees on the banks of the Rivers Dourado, das Antas, and Sapucahy, 
and near the city of Alfenas, in the province of Minas Geraes. Regnell 
also found it near Caldas. The leaves are very fleshy, subterete, and about 
two inches long. The flowers, generally borne in couples, are of a uniform 
pale lilac colour, the segments scarcely an inch in length. It flowered in 
the Royal Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, more than twenty years ago, and on 
comparison with Rodrigues’ original drawings, was found to be identical. 
Orchids of Eastern Asia. —Under the title Orchideologiae Sino- 
Japonicae Prodromus, Dr. Rud. Schlechter has published a critical review 
of the Orchids of Eastern Asia. The work occupies 319 pages. Section I. 
is devoted to the distribution of the Orchids in East Asia and their relation 
to these of adjoining countries, and includes synoptic tables of the various 
genera in Japan, Korea, Formosa, China, etc. Section II. comprises 
descriptions of 75 new species. Section III. is taken up with a revision of 
the already known Japanese and Chinese Orchids, which are classified in no 
less than 116 genera. The work is completed with a copious index, the 
synonyms being placed in brackets, and forms a most useful work of 
reference to the Orchids of these countries. 
