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MICHAUXIA* levigata. 
Smooth Michauwia. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat, ord. Campanvzacer Juss. $ Campanulew Alph. De Cand. 
(Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 185.) : 
. -MICHAUXIA L'Hérit,—Calyz 8-fidus (v. 10-fidus), sinubus appen- 
dicibus obtectis, Corolla 8-partita (v. 10-partita), rotata. Stamina 8 
(v. 10), inter se libera; filamentis latissimis, membranaceis, basi approxi- 
matis; antheris flavis, apice leviter cuspidatis. Stylus pilis collectoribus 16 
(y. 20) ordinibus dispositis tectus. Stigmata 8 (v. 10), filiformia, Ovarium 
totum inferum, 8- (v. 10-) loculare, loculamentis lobis calycinis oppositis. 
Capsula nutans, 8- (y. 10-) valvis, basi dehiscens. Semina indefinita, ovata, 
ferruginea, receptaculis carnosis ad angulos internos loculamentorum sitis 
inserta. Herhee biennes, in Oriente habitantes, habitu Campanulis sinubus 
calycis obtectis et foliis lyratis proxime.—Alph. De Candolle, Monogr. des 
Campanulées, p. 211. — 
M. levigata ; caule levi, foliis radicalibus indivisis, laciniis calycinis ap- 
pendicibus brevioribus. D. Don MSS. 
M. levigata. Vent. hort. cels. p. et tab. 81. Alph. De Cand. l. c. 
M. decandra. Fischer. sec. cel. Don. $us 
Folia inferiora oblongo-lanceolata, sessilia, dentata, indivisa, piloso- 
scabra. Caulis erectus, teres, levis, pallide viridis, internodiis ramulis 
panicule longioribus. Bractee ovate, denticulate, scabra. Pedunculi 
subtriflori. Flores cernui, ochroleuci. Calyx 5-fidus, lacints ovatis, pa- 
tentibus, appendicibus sinuum reflexis ciliato-scabris brevioribus. Petala 10, 
linearia, patentissima, costá dorsali scabrá. Stamina 10, circa stylum con- 
niventia ; filamentis rigidis, basi dilatatis, marginatis, ciliatis, antheris 
linearibus. Stylus antheris dupld longior, cylindraceus, incrassatus, pilis 
collectoribus densissime tectus, polline semper onustis. Stigmata 10, brevia, 
radiata, glabra. 
A native of Persia, where it was originally found upon 
Mount Albourg by the French travellers Olivier and 
Bruguiére, according to the testimony of M. Ventenat. 
* So called after André Michaux, a celebrated French Botanical tra- 
veller in America and Africa. His History of American Oaks, and the 
materials collected by him for the work published by the elder Richard, under 
the name of Flora Boreali-Americana, are all that remain of him. 
