Michauxia
(named after Andre Michaux, 1746-1802, a French botanist). ORD. Campanulaceae. A small genus (four species have been described) of handsome hardy biennial plants, allied to Campanula, but having the recesses or sinuses of the calyx covered, and the leaves lyrate. Corolla rotate, with eight reflexed divisions. Leaves irregularly toothed or lobed, cauline few. Michauxias are very effective plants for borders, and thrive in warm, sheltered spots. Increased by sowing seeds, in April, on a warm, sunny border. M. campanuloides (Campanula-like). fl. white, tinged with purple on the outside, drooping, scattered along the branches and stem, from the axils of the bracts. Summer. l. strigose, radical ones lanceolate, irregularly lobed; petioles margined and lobed. Stem branched at top. h. 3ft. to 8ft. Levant, 1787. (B. M. 219.) M. laevigata (smooth).* fl. scattered along nearly the whole length of the stem, on short peduncles; calyx segments acute, at first erect, afterwards spreading at right angles; corolla white, much longer than the calyx, ten-parted; anthers yellow; pollen yellow. August. l. sprinkled on both sides with harsh, erect hairs, duplicate-dentate, coarsely-veined and reticulate; root leaves ovate; stem ones sessile. Stem 11ft. high, herbaceous, smooth, shining, upright, straight. North Persia, 1829. The whole plant yields, on the slightest injury, a quantity of milky juice. (B. M. 3128.)