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].— PETROMARULA PINNATA, Pers. THE WINGED CANDIOT RAMPION. 
fig. 4, in Plate 60. 
SruoNYMES, — Phyteuma pinnata, Linn. ; Rapunculus creticus, 
Bauk. 
Engravings. — Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. 2d seines, t. 224 ; and our 
Specific Character Radical leaves petiolate, ovate, acate, petio- 
lated, marginate, and lobate. Flowers in lax racemes, pedicellate. 
Description, &c. — This species grows in tufts on the rocky shores of Candia, (the ancient Crete,) and also on 
some mountains in Italy. It was first introduced in 1640, but appears to have been lost, and again introduced 
several times ; and still it is seldom seen in collections, from the great difficulty which attends its culture. It 
grows well in the open ground, if planted in May, in a rich loamy soil, sending up forty or fifty stems, and 
blossoming in August, but requires protection during winter ; and it is very difficult to propagate, as the roots 
are fleshy, and so full of milky juice as to bleed exceedingly when divided ; and the seeds are generally abortive, 
unless care be taken to apply the pollen to the stigma. 
GENUS IV. 
MICHAUXIA, Lin. THE PERSIAN BELL-FLOWER. 
Lin. Syst. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Ovary inferior, eight-celled ; cells opposite the calycine lobes. Cap- 
sule drooping, eight or ten valved, dehiscing at the base. Seeds 
numerous, ovate, rusty, inserted in fleshy receptacles, whicli are 
situated at the inner angles of the cells. 
Generic Character. — Calyx eight or ten*cleft, having the recesses 
covered by appendages. Corolla eight or ten-parted, rotate. Stamens 
eight or ten, free. Filaments very broad, membranous, approximate 
at the base. Anthers yellow, cuspidate at the apex. Style covered 
by hairs, which are disposed in sixteen rows. Stigmas eight, filiform. 
Description, &c. — There are only two species of this genus, both of which are biennials, and natives of the 
East, with very singular flowers and IjTate leaves. Their unpronounceable generic name was given them in 
honour of the celebrated Michaux, botanist to Louis XVI. of France. Notwithstanding the difficulty of 
pronouncing this name, it is perhaps less objectionable than many of those given to plants in honour of persons ; 
as Michaux was really a great botanist, who not only immortalised himself by his work on tlie Trees of America, 
but actually discovered the genus which has been named after him. 
Specific Character. — Stem pilose ; radical leaves lanceolate, irre- 
gularly lobed ; petioles marginate, lobed ; appendages of the sinuses 
of the calyx shorter than the lobes. 
1 MICHAUXIA GAMPANULOIDES, Lherit. THE CAMPANULAR-LIKE MICHAUXIA, OR LYRATE- 
LEAVED CAMPANULA. 
SvNONYMES. — M. etrigosa, Pers. ; Campanula lyrsefolia, Sal. ; 
Mindium rhazes, Adan. ; Medium dioscorides, Ranw. 
Engravings.— Bot. Mag. t. 219 j and om fig, 2, in PI. 60. 
Description, &c. — This very singular plant, when the flowers are in the bud, bears a close resemblance to 
the Campanula ; but when the flowers open, the corolla divides into eight petals, which curl back, and show the 
broad filaments growing close together at the base. The anthers are yellow, and the stigma is divided into eight 
lobes. There are also eight stamens, and the limb of the calyx is divided into eight parts. The stems are red, 
and the flowers white, tinged with pink. The leaves are large, and irregularly-lobed, with a very conspicuous 
mid-rib ; and the root is fusiform, that is, shaped like a spindle. The plant grows about six feet high, and 
produces its numerous flowers in July and August. It was found near Aleppo, and on Mount Lebanon. It 
was introduced in 1787," and, though it was at first supposed to require a greenhouse, it is now found to be 
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