50 Servettaz, Monographie des Eleagnacees. 



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 (1802). Moore in Journ. bot. p. 202 (1818). Griffith: Irin. Notes on Plants coli. 

 in India, p. 16 (1837). Griffith: Notulae ad Plantas asiaticas, p. 375, Part. IV, 

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 XIV (1857) et in Linnaea XXX, p. 367 (1860). Miquel: Prol. p. 302 (1865). 

 Maxim.: Mel. Biol. vol. 7, p. 560 (1870). Franchet et Savatier: Enum. plant, in 

 Jap. sponte crescentium, p. 315 (1875). Hance: Journ. of bot. p. 138 (1882). 

 Hooker,F.: Fl. Brit. India, V, p. 201 (1890). Koehne: Deutsch. Dendr. (1893). 

 Blackwell: Index Fl. sinensis in Journ. of Linn. soc. (1894). D. Brandis: Indian 

 Trees, p. 546 (1906). 



Syn.: E. parvifolia Wall.: Cat. no. 4026 (1828); Royle: 111. Himal. pl. 223, 

 t. 61, f. 1 (1839). E. salicifolia Don ex Loudon: Encyc. trees and shrubs, 697, 

 t. 1366 (1842). E. padifolia Hort, ex C. Koch: Dendrol. II, p. 390 (1893). E. ja- 

 ponica Hort. E. longipes crispa ex Hand List. Nom. vulg. Harva Siro Gumi, 

 Narwa Siro Gumi; Masiro Gumi (Jap.). Excl. syn. E. reflexa Morr. et Decaisne: 

 Ann. d'hort. de Paris (1841). 



Frutex, 2 — 3 m altus, virgatus haud densus; rami juveniles 

 pallide lutei vel rufescentes; gemmae pallide hiteae vel ferru- 

 gineae; ramis veteribus nigrescentibus interdum spinescentibus. 



Folia annua, papyracea, ovato-elliptica vel lanceolato-elliptica ; 

 margine plus minus crispato, supra viridia, pilis fasciculatis plus 

 minus copiosis praedita, subtus dense argenteo lepidota; petiolo 

 argenteo, canaliculato, 4 — 7 mm; lamina 40 — 80 mm longa, 

 18—27 mm lata. 



Flores lutei, cernui, in ramulis explicantibus, 2 — 7, saepissime 

 3, in juvenilium foliorum axilla; limbus perigonii tubulosus, an- 

 gustus, cylindricus vel tubuloso-campanulatus, infra lobos dilatatus, 

 5 — 10 mm lg.; lobis late ovatis, 3 — 4 mm, intus glabris vel pilis 

 stellatis tectis; Stylus pilis nonnullis praeditus, apice incurvatus 

 vel haud recurvatus ; antherae subsessiles nudae vel pilosae ; disco 

 haud prominente; tubus perigonii ellipsoideus, elongatus, 3 mm lg.; 

 pedicellus, 3 — 5 mm lg. 



Fructus plus minus amplus, globosus vel ellipsoideus, 5 — 15 mm 

 longus; nucleus diurusculus, octocostatus ; pedunculus, 3 — 12 mm lg. 



Hab.: Japonia, China, Himalaya, Afghania. 



(Fructus pedunculo subaequalis vel longior; pedunculus fructus longitudine 

 , I haud attingens 1 cm (2). 



J Pedunculus bis vel ter brevior quam fructus; fructus semper argentei, 15 mm 



Uong. vel magis. ssp. magna Servettaz. 



'Gemmis ferrugineis; pagina superior foliorum pilis fasciculatis multis vel 

 rarissimis conspersa; folia juvenilia lutea, viridia (in sicco) ; limbus perigonii 

 saepissime infundibuliformis, antherae sessiles, commissura haud producta 

 ad apicem; Stylus apice recurvatus, tenuis, pilis squamosis tectus; lobi 

 perigonii glabri vel subglabri. ssp. eu-umbellata Servettaz. 



2. i Gemmis albis vel lutescenti-albis; pagina superior foliorum pilis fasciculatis 

 dense obtecta; folia juvenilia fusco-viridia (in sicco); limbus perigonii 

 saepissime cylindricus; antherae produceunte commissura in apicem 

 brevem; Stylus haud apice recurvatus, crassus, cylindricus, stigmate crasso; 

 Stylus pilis nonnullis valde stellatis e 4 — 8 cellulis constitutis praeditus; 



l lobi florum pilis stellatis tecti. ssp. parvifolia (Royle) Servettaz. 



