Hydrophyllum
(from hydor, water, and phyllon, a leaf; leaves loaded with water in spring time). ORD. Hydrophyllaceae. This genus comprises about six species of erect or diffuse hardy perennial herbs, natives of North America. Flowers white or pale blue, in cymose clusters; corolla bell-shaped, five-cleft. Leaves ample. The species thrive in any ordinary border, in somewhat damp soil. Propagated by divisions, or by seeds.
H. appendiculatum (appendiculate). fl. blue; cymes rather loosely-flowered. June and July. l., stem ones palmately five-lobed, rounded, the lobes toothed and pointed; the lowest pinnately divided. h. 9in. 1812. H. canadense (Canadian). fl. nearly white, crowded, on very short pedicles; calyx lobes linear-awl-shaped, nearly smooth. June to August. l. palmately five to seven-lobed, rounded, heartshaped at the base, unequally toothed. h. 1ft. 1759. (B. R. 242.) H. virginicum (Virginian). fl. blue; calyx lobes narrowly-linear, bristly-ciliate. June to August. l. pinnately divided; divisions five to seven, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, pointed, sharply cut-toothed, the lowest mostly two-parted, the uppermost confluent. h. 1ft. to 2ft. 1739. (B. R. 331.)