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MICHAUXIA LAVIGATA. Smootu MIcHAUvUXxIA. 
KEKE KER KKK KE KEKE KEKEK 
Class and Order. 
OcranpRIA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord —Campanutaceg. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 8 (—10) -fidus, sinubus appendicibus obtectis. 
Cor. 8 (—10) -partita, rotata. Stam. 8 (—10) inter se 
libera ; filamentis latissimis, membranaceis, basi approx- 
imatis ; antheris flavis, apice leviter cuspidatis. Stylus 
pilis collectoribus 16 (—20) ordinibus dispositis tectus. 
Stigmata 8 (—10) filiformia, ovarium totum inferum, 8 
(—10) -loculare, loculamentis lobis calycinis oppositis. 
Capsula nutans, 8—10-valvis, basi dehiscens. Sema nu- 
merosa, ovata, ferruginea, receptaculis carnosis ad angulos" 
internos loculamentorum sitis inserta. Alph. De Cand. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Micuavxia levigata; caule elato glaberrimo nitido, foliis 
duplicato - dentatis hispidis, radicalibus ovatis longe 
petiolatis, caulinis sessilibus oblongis, inferioribus basi 
attenuatis, superioribus cordatis, floribus decandris, 
stigmate calyce corollaque 10-partitis. Ss 
Micuavuxia levigata. Vent. Hort. Cels. p. 81.t. 81. Pers. 
Syn. Pl. ». 1. p. 418. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 
213. Graham in Ed. New Phil. Journ. Dec. 1830. 
_ Bot. Reg. for Oct. 1831, cum Ic. 
Micuavxia decandra. Fischer MSS. 
Descr. Root perennial. Stem (eleven feet high,) her-_ 
baceous, smooth, shining, tapering, subsimple, upright, — 
straight, © 
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_* Named in honor of the celebrated Botanist and Traveller, AN: 
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