Tas. 5974. 
CROTALARIA HEYNEANA. 
Native of Malabar. 
Nat. Ord. Lecuminos#.—Tribe, GEnisTE&. 
Genus Crorararia, Linn. ; (Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. Pl., p. 479). 
Crorararta (simplicifolia) Heyneana ; fraticulus erectus, subglober ramulis 
teretibus, foliis ellipticis v. elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis breviter 
petiolatis subtus appresse pubescentibus, stipulis transverse lunatis re- 
curvis, racemis terminalibus et axillaribus multifloris, bracteis minutis 
subulatis reflexis, pedicellis calyce appresse puberulo subeequilongis medio 
2-bracteolatis, calycis brevis lobis 2 superioribus acutis, 3 inferioribus 
__ paulo longioribus subulato-ovatis,vexillo suborbiculato albo basi ceruleo- 
striato, alis obtusis dimidiatim czxruleis, carine petalis connatis, ovario 
villoso, legumine lineari-oblongo tumido pubescente. : 
- Crorarania Heyneana, Graham in Wall. Cat. n. 5414; Wight Cat. n, 701; 
Wight and Arn. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or., vol. i. p. 188; Benth. in 
Hook, Lond. Journ. Bot., vol. ii. p. 560. 
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Of the great tropical genus Crotalaria, numbering some one 
hundred and twenty known species, very few are as yet in 
cultivation, though many are extremely handsome plants, 
easily grown, and possessing seeds which, like those of most 
Leguminose, retain their vitality for a long period. C. 
Heyneana is a native of the Western coast of the Indian 
Peninsula from Canara to Travancor, but is apparently rare. 
It was discovered in the early part of the century by the 
botanist and missionary, Heyne. ‘The specimen here 
figured was raised from seed sent to the Royal Gardens in 
—:1868 by our excellent correspondent, Major Beddome, F.L.S. 
of the Madras Forest Department: it flowered in the Palm 
House in March of the present year. 
Descr. An undershrub, one to two feet high. Stem 
slender, sparingly branched; branches subcylindric, tips and 
young leaves pubescent. Leaves 1-foliolate, very shortly 
petioled, three to five inches long, membranous, elliptic- 
SUNE Isr, 1872. 
