water-leaf

The third family (_Hydrophyllaceæ_) includes several species of water-leaf (_Hydrophyllum_) (Fig.  118, _E_) and _Phacelia_, among our wild flowers, and species of _Nemophila_, _Whitlavia_ and others from the western states, but now common in gardens.

Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell

_E_, flowers and leaf of water-leaf, _Hydrophyllum_ (_Hydrophyllaceæ_), × ½.

Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell

The architectural mouldings were nearly always carved, the Greek water-leaf and egg-and-dart forming the basis of most of the enrichments; but these were greatly elaborated and treated with more minute detail than the Greek prototypes.

A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890

_wura-haban_ (water-leaf) of the Fantis, used for thatching when palm-fronds are not found.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855