We have only seen the cut specimen ; but no doubt Dr. Balfour 
says very correctly that it “has a very showy appearance in the 
conservatory, twining along the roof of the house to the extent of 
ten or twelve feet, and giving off numerous clusters of flowers ; 
and the contrast of colour presented by its (large) white calyx 
and crimson corolla renders it a desirable plant for cultivation.” 
Mr. Thomson met with it growing abundantly on the banks 
of the Old Calabar River, above salt-water range. I may add that 
the same. species has been detected by Mr. Barter, late botanist 
to Baikie’s Niger Expedition, at Angiama, on the Quorra; and 
very fine native specimens are deposited in the Herbarium at 
Kew. 
Fig. 1. Pistil,—magnified. 
evn! aldara Sy 
