HYDROPHYLLE^. 187 



ORDER 226. HYDROPHYLLEiE. The Water-leaf 



Tribe. 



Calyx inferior, 5 or 10-divided, with a 1-petalled, 5-lobed, 

 usually regular corolla, and 5 stamens ; ovary superior, 1 -celled, 

 and bifid stigma on the single style ; fruit in a capsule ; leaves 

 opposite or alternate ; roughish. 



Hydrophyllum. L. 5. 1. Water-leaf. 



From the Greek for icater and leaf, because the cavity of the 

 leaf often holds a drop of water in the spring ; a North American 

 genus of only two species ; abounds over the hills and valleys of 

 Berkshire County, often along dry hedges and borders of woods ; 

 of no known use ; rather showy. 



H. Virginicum. L. Stem about a foot high, nearly smooth, 

 with pinnate and pinnatifid leaves ; clusters of white and blue 

 flowers ; woods ; June. 



H. Canadense. L. Stem about a foot high, hairy, with large, 

 broad, 5 or 7-lobed leaves, cordate at the base ; flowers clustered, 

 and colored like the other ; woods and hedges ; June. 



TRIBE II. GYMNOSPERMiE, 



(Or having naked seeds.) 



All the genera belong to the Trees and Shrubs ; the species 

 are not herbaceous. 



