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Frutex vel arbor, interdum rhizomatifer. Folia simplicia annua 

 Tel biennia petiolata, opposita vel alterna, integra. Inflorescentia in 

 apice rami hornotini terminalis cymoso-paniculati vel umbellato- 

 cymosa. Pedicelli apice articulati. Calycis tubus urceolatus vel cam- 

 panulatus teres vel costatus. Petala 4 oblonga valvata decidua. 

 Stamina petalis alterna, filamentis subulatis. Ovarium 2-loculare. 

 Stylus colurnnaris. Stigma capitatum vel clavatum vel truncatum. 

 Discus pulvinatus. Ovula in loculis solitaria pendula. Drupa sphaerica 

 vel ovoidea vel ellipsoidea, caerulea vel Candida. Putamen crustaceum 

 2-loculare; 2-spermum. Testa seminum membranacea. Albumen 

 •carnosum. Radicula supera. 



Species circ. 30 in Asia, Europa et America bor. incolae. In Korea 

 species 4 adsunt quae in seguentes sectiones distinguendae. 



/Frutex, rhizomatifer. Folia opposita. Flores umbellato- 



corymbosi Mesomora 



I Frutex vel arbor non rhizomatifer. Flores cymoso-paniculati. 



