Our drawing was taken by Mr. Duncombe, and kindly 

 communicated by Mr. Barclay, together with a specimen of 

 the foliage and a seed ; but we had no opportunity of seeing 

 the flowers. 



This plant was first recorded as a Combretum by Lamarck, 

 in the Encyclopedic Botanique, and a specimen of the plant 

 was given by him to the late Professor Vahl, who changed 

 the specific name to purpureum : but as there seems to be no 

 good reason for this alteration, we should have certainly 

 thought it right to restore the original appellation ; only that 

 of Vahl having been adopted in the popular systems 

 of Willdenow and Persoon, the restoration might now 

 tend to occasion confusion. 





