MASDEVALLIA FLORIBUNDA Lindl. 
MAspEVALLIA FLoRIBUNDA Lindl. Bot. Reg. (1843), p. 72, mise. 112; Rehb. f. Linnea XVII. (1844), 
p- 400; Morren Belg. Hort. vol. XXIII. (1873), pp. 353, 356, and 361; Flore des Serres t. XIX. 
(1878), p. 132 ; Gard. Chron. 1877, pt. IL, p. 616; 1879, pt. I, p. 559; 1881, pt. IL, p. 305; 
Godm. et Salv. Biologia Centr. Amer., Bot. Hemsley, vol. III. (1882-1886), p. 207; Veitch Manual 
Orch. pt. V. (1889), p. 43. 
M. Galeottiana Rich. et Gal. Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, vol. IIT. (1845), p. 17 (tab. 3, fig. 1, ined.). 
M. myriostigma (errore myriosigma) Morren, Belg. Hort. vol. XXIII. (1873), p. 361, pl. XXIII. ; Flore 
des Serres t. XIX. (1873), p. 1382 ; Gard. Chron. 1877, pt. IL, p. 616; Orchidophile (Godefroy) 
vol. I. (1881-3), p. 647 ; 1885, p. 123. 
Leaf about 33 inches long, oblong-lanceolate, fleshy, apex tridenticulate, bright shining green, narrow- 
ing below into a fleshy grooved petiole, sheathed at the base. 
Peduncle about 4 inches long, very slender, terete, wiry, with two sheathing bracts, dull green streaked 
with crimson, ascending from within a sheath at the hase of the petiole ; flowering bract 2 inch long, 
membranous, apiculate, sheathing below, brownish, with a minute rudimentary bud within at the base. 
Ovary , inch long, hexagonal, curved, with six deep grooves, dull green. 
Sepals : dorsal sepal united to the lateral sepals for } inch, forming a narrow tube, gibbous beneath, 
free portion triangular, 3-nerved, yellow, with numerous minute crimson spots, tapering into a fleshy tail 
3 inch long, brownish-orange ; lateral sepals cohering for } inch, ovate, 3-nerved, pale yellow, nearly white 
towards the anterior margin, with very numerous minute crimson spots, tapering into terete fleshy tails 
3 inch long, brownish-orange. 
Petals 3%; inch long, linear, apiculate, with a pointed keel on the anterior margin, posterior margin 
thickened, white. 
Lip § inch long, oblong, united to the curved foot of the column by a flexible hinge, base fleshy, 
cordate, white, with numerous minute crimson spots, apex reflexed, dull yellow, with a brown central mark. 
Column 3; inch long, winged, green, apex and wings blackish-purple, base crimson, foot yellow, apex 
entire. 
HE date of the discovery of MZ. floribunda is apparently 1840, when it was found by 
several botanists in nearly the same locality in the Cordillera of Vera Cruz, South 
Mexico. Henri Galeotti, a French botanist, who explored and collected in Mexico from 
1835 to 1840, found it growing on oak trees near Vera Cruz, and flowering in profusion 
during the greater part of the year. His plants, sent alive to Europe, were probably 
Explanation of Plate, drawn from a plant at Newbattle Abbey : 
Fig. 1, petal, lip, and column, in natural position ;—1a, section of ovary ;—2, petal, inner side ;— 
4, column ;—4a, apex of column ; all enlarged ;—5, apex and section of leaf ;—6, yellow variety ; 
3, lip; ; 
natural size. 
