WATER-LEAF: A genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the pentandria clasps of plants; and in the natural method ranking with those of which the order is doubtful. The corolla is campanulated, with five melliferous longitudinal striae on the inside; the stigma is bifid; the capsule globose and bivalved. There is only one species, viz. the Virginianum, or water-leaf of Morinus. It grows naturally in Canada and many other parts of America on moist spongy ground. The root is composed of many strong fleshy fibres, from which arise many leaves with foot-stalks five or six inches long, jagged into three, five, or seven lobes, almost to the midrib, indented on their edges. The flowers are produced in loose clusters hanging downward, are bell-shaped, and of a dirty white colour. It may be propagated by parting the roots; which ought to be done in autumn, that the plants may be well rooted before spring; otherwise they will require a great deal of water.