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 Decandolle); but they are more elegant in 
their appearance, and are produced in greater profusion. 
Propagated by cuttings, which strike root readily in a 
mixture of loam and sand. 
It appears to be very common in thickets at Sierra 
Leone, 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 bractee. Calyx funnel-shaped, 
somewhat pubescent, with a five-toothed limb. Petals 5, 
unguiculate, linear, obtuse, bright purple. Stamens far 
exserted, with slender, coloured filaments. — 
