MASpEVALLIA FLORIBUNDA. 
those described as M. floribunda by Dr. Lindley, who received living flowers from the 
garden of Mr. J. Rogers, of Sevenoaks. Leibold and Harris also found the plant in 
1840, near Jalapa, at an elevation of 3,000 to 4,000 feet, and from Leibold’s specimens 
Professor Reichenbach wrote his description in “Linnza,” 1844. Specimens were 
described in 1845 under the name of J. Galeottiana by Achille Richard and Galeotti, 
and a drawing of the plant was made by the latter, but was, unfortunately, never pub- 
lished. The second synonym, myriostigma, was given to the plant in 1878 by Mons. 
Morren, editor of the Belgique Horticole, under the impression that it was specifically 
distinct from M. floribunda. The plants thus named were brought by Mons. Omer de 
Malzaine from Cordova, about fifty miles w.s.w. of Vera Cruz, and were cultivated in the 
gardens of Messrs. Jacob and Makoy, at Liege. 
At the present time the name M. myriostigma is applied by foreign horticulturists 
to varieties of IZ. floribunda more or less differing from the type. The unspotted yellow 
variety represented at fig. 6 of the accompanying Plate was sent to me by Messrs. Seeger 
and Tropp, of Dulwich, who purchased it in Belgium as JZ. myriostigma. So far as Iam 
aware, the closely spotted form most common in this country, and the pale yellow, 
almost spotless variety, represent the two extremes of variation, between which numerous 
gradations are to be met with, the internal structure and colouring being in all cases 
identical. Professor Reichenbach states that the little brown dots scattered over the 
sepals vanish as the flower fades, when it appears simply yellowish. I have never found 
this to be the case. In spotted flowers the spots are visible, though perhaps not quite 
so dark, after the flower has faded; and in freshly-gathered flowers of the yellow variety 
the only spots present are few in number and very minute. 
