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ASTER LAVIGATUS. SMOOTH-LEAVED 
Micuaetmas Daisy. 
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Class and Order. | 
SyncenestA PotyGamiA SuPERFLUA. 
( Nat. Ord. —Composirz. Div. Corympirers. ) 
Generic Character. 
Receptaculum nudum.- Pappus simplex. — Cor. radii 
plures 10. Involucri imbricati ; squame inferiores (non- 
hunquam) patule. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Aster * levigatus; glaber, superne paniculatim ramosus, 
panicula foliolosa, foliis subcoriaceis levibus, inferio- 
ribus oyato-lanceolatis in petiolum alatum attenuatis 
parce serratis, superioribus sensim minoribus sessilibus 
integerrimis basi cordatis, involucri squamis erectis 
laxiusculis glabris. . 
Aster levigatus. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 3. p. 2246. Pursh, 
Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 553. Elliott, Carol. v. 2. p. 359. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 538, : 
Derscr. Plant two to three feet high, perennial, every 
where glabrous and smooth. Stem erect, simple, below 
purple, not so thick as a goose-quill, a little zigzag, and 
slightly angular, gradually tapering upwards, and terminat- 
bet in a copious and much branched panicle. Leaves large 
ow, four to five inches long, (including the petiole) 
: broadly, or ovato-lanceolate, somewhat coriaceous, dark 
Steen above, paler beneath, obscurely serrated, in - 
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x! Aster, a star, in allusion to its stellated flowers. 
