No. 563. 
COMBRETUM PURPUREUM. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
evessese 
Bury-Hill, whose liberality we often have 
occasion to record, and by him it was com- 
municated to us. It is a fine plant for a 
climber in the stove, the leaves being large, 
of a rich tone of colour, and often purple 
beneath. The terminal flat spread flower- 
ing panicle frequently extends above a foot 
in each direction, and is composed of an 
innumerable mass of blossoms, which are 
of the most brilliant red that can be con- 
ceived. In a large plant these panicles 
come out in long continued succession, last- 
ing nearly the whole of the summer. 
It is inereased with tolerable facility by 
cuttings, and it should be planted in a mix- 
ture of loam and peat soil. 
