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Parochetus (Greek, beside, and ditch or canal). Leguminosae. A half-hardy perennial trailer, with foliage like the shamrock, but with each of the 3 Ifts. marked at the base with a handsome brown crescent: the pea-shaped fls. have a cobalt-blue standard and pink wings. It is desirable for hanging-baskets, pots and rockeries, and is said to bloom the year round. Parochetus is a genus of one species. It is allied to the clovers, sweet clover, mcdick, and rest-harrow, and differs from them in having a more acute keel, a 2- valved pod, and the lfts. not stalked. It is a native of Trop. Asia and E. Afr., ascending the Himalayas from 4,000-13,000 ft. If seeds could be secured from the greatest altitude the plants might be hardy in the N. This plant was formerly offered by A. Blanc, of Philadelphia, under the name of shamrock-pea, or blue oxalis. It has recently been distributed by the U. S. Dept. of Agric. in an effort to give this attractive plant a place in American horticulture.

Parochetus (Greek, beside, and ditch or canal). Leguminosae. A half-hardy perennial trailer, with foliage like the shamrock, but with each of the 3 leaflets marked at the base with a handsome brown crescent: the pea-shaped flowers have a cobalt-blue standard and pink wings. It is desirable for hanging-baskets, pots and rockeries, and is said to bloom the year round. Parochetus is a genus of one species. It is allied to the clovers, sweet clover, mcdick, and rest-harrow, and differs from them in having a more acute keel, a 2-valved pod, and the leaflets not stalked. It is a native of Tropic. Asia and E. Africa, ascending the Himalayas from 4,000-13,000 ft. If seeds could be secured from the greatest altitude the plants might be hardy in the N. This plant was formerly offered by A. Blanc, of Philadelphia, under the name of shamrock-pea, or blue oxalis. It has recently been distributed by the USDA in an effort to give this attractive plant a place in American horticulture.

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