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produced flowers only in the collection of the Comte de 

 Vandes, at Bayswater. It there forms a dense entangled 

 mass, which in May , and June is covered with large 

 panicles of flowers. These are not of so deep and vivid 

 a carmine as those of Combretum purpureum (Poivrea 

 coccinea of Decandblle); but they are more 

 their appearance, and are produced in greater profusion. 



Propagated by cuttings, which strike root readily in a 

 mixture of loam and sand . 



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It appears to be very common in thickets at Sierra 

 Leonci as it was found both by Smeathman and Afzelius, 

 and is often sent to England among seeds from that colony. 



Branches climbing, round, pubescent. Leaves opposite 

 or ternate, elliptical or oblong, acute, somewhat cordate 

 at the base, rather shining above, slightly hairy at the 

 veins and on the petiole beneath. Panicles terminating 

 the branches, divided, many-flowered, leafless, with small 

 ovate-lanceolate deciduous bracteae. C«/j^^ funnel-shaped, 

 somewhat pubescent, with a five-toothed limb. Petals 5, 

 unguiculate, linear, obtuse, bright purple. Stamens far 

 exserted, with slender, coloured filaments. 



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