(1823)-Blume, Bijdr. XIII. p. 637-639 (1825)-Lindley in Bot. Regist. 

 XIV. p. 1156 (1828)-Link, Handb. Bot. II. p. 234 (1829)-Nees, Gen. 

 PL Fl. Germ. III. no. 253 (1835)-Meissner, Gen. PL I. p. 329 (1836)- 

 Endlicher, Gen. PL p. 334 (1836)-Loudon, Arb. & Frutic. Brit, III. 

 p. 1321 (1838)-Spach, Hist. Nat. Veg. X. p. 454 (1841)-Scblechtendal 

 in Alp. de Candolle, Prodr. XIV. p. 608 (1857); in Linusea XXX. p. 

 322 (lS59)-Baillon, Hist. PL II. p. 495 (lS70)-Bentbam & Hooker, Gen. 

 PL II. p. 204 (1880)-Dippel, Handb. III. p. 205 (1893)-Kcehne, Deutseh. 

 Dendr. p. 426 (lS94)-Gilg in Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. Abt. 6. p. 249 

 (1894)-Servettaz in Beihefte Bot. Centralb. XXV. Abt. 2. p. 24 (1909). 



Frutex vel arborescens. Cortex dura irregulaiter fissa. Rami juve- 

 niles trichomis stellatodepidotis dense vestiti, rarius etiam stellato-velu- 

 tini. Folia annua aut biennia petiolata exstipullata simplicia integra 

 vulgo margine crenata vel crispata utrinque trichomis stellatodepidotis 

 vestita. Flores axillares solitarii vel gemini pedunculati lepidoti, poly- 

 gamo-monoeci. Calycis lobi 4 (-5) valvati, intus albus vel ocbroleucus 

 vel flavus vel aurantiacus. Stamina 4 (-5) lobis calycis alterna et fauce 

 affixa bilocularia introrsa. Styli recti vel curvati. Stigmata capitata 

 vel oblonga. Fructus globosus vel ellipsoideus rubescens vel roseus vel 

 flavus. Exocarpium membranaceurn. Cortex seminum dura. Semina 

 exalbuminosa vel albumine paupera. 



Supra 50 species in Asia, Regio Mediterranea et America septen- 

 trionali incola; inter eas 6 in Korea sponte nascent. 



(Folia annua. Flores vernales. Fructus auctumnales 2. 



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(Folia biennia. Flores auctumnales 4. 



Folia rotundata vel late elliptica E. crispa var. coreana. 



Folia lanceolata vel oblanceolata vel oblongo-elliptica 3. 



I Folia supra initio trichomis stellatodepidotis vestita. . . E. crispa. 

 Folia supra initio trichomis stellatis pilosa 

 E. crispa var. parvifolia. 



[Folia lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata attenuata vel acuta, sub- 

 tus cuprea. Fructus ellipsoideus vel rotundato-ellipsoideus . . 



E. glabra. 



(Folia rotundata vel late ovata apice mucronata 5. 



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