October and November, and grows freely in sandy loam 
and peat. It rises to the height of four or five feet, and 
loses its leaves in the winter, at which time it should be 
allowed to sink to rest. Its flowers, half crimson and half 
rose-coloured, are very pretty, and appear in short close 
racemes from every axil. The leaves are much like those of 
some Tephrosia. 
It was sent from the Botanic Garden Saharunpur, in 
August 1837, by Dr. Falconer, and flowered in the collection 
of the Horticultural Society in Ootober, 1845, 
