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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
November 2, 1832. 
entitled to be considered the typical Orchids of that country. 
These are strangely varied in habit and other characters, some 
ranking amongst the curiosities of the Orchid family, and others 
amongst the most beautiful. D. cassythoides, D. lingureforme, 
D. teretifoliu n, and D. cucumerinum may be taken as samples of 
the peculiar species, the names of which indicate their distinguish¬ 
ing characters. The last in particular is a strange little Orchid, 
affording what Mr. Leo Grindon would term “an echo of the 
Cucumber,” for the pseudo-bulbs or leaves, whichever they be, and 
it is not easy to determine the point, precisely resemble those 
small Cucumbers known as Gherkins in size, colour, ribbing, and 
the small prominences on the surface. The Cassytha-like, the 
tongue-shaped, and the round-leaved Dendrobes named above, are 
in a measure similarly noteworthy for the chnacters expressed 
in these names. D. lingumforme is especially interesting in 
another way. It was first discovered in the Pacific Islands by 
