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REVISION OF THE NATURAL ORDER HEDERACE.E. 
By Berthold Seemann, Ph.D., F.L.S. 
(Continued from Vol. IV. p. 353.) 
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Cheirodendron, Nutt. mss. in Herb. Mus. Brit. (gen. nov.). Pedi- 
celli articulati, ealyculati, calyculo dentato v. subfimbriato. Plores 
polygami. Calycis tubo obpyramidato 3- v. 4-5-angulato, limbo 
truncato minute 5-dentato. Petala 5, ovato-triangularia, libera, aesti- 
vatione valvata. Stamina 5 ; antherx 2-loculares. Ovarium 5- v. 4- 
3-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis. Stigmata 5 v. abortu 4 v. 3, stylopodio 
imposita. Drupa carnosa, 3-5-angularis, 3-5-pyrena. Albumen cor- 
neum, sequabile. — Arbores Hawaienses et Chilensis, inermes, foliis ex- 
stipulatis oppositis v. alternis, digitato-3-5-foliolatis, foliolis ovatis v. 
ovalibus serratis v. subintegerrimis ; umbellis laxe paniculatis. — Heaera 
Panaris et Aralia sp. auct. 
Closely allied to the genus Pseudopanax, C. Koch, from which it 
differs by its denticulate calyculus and stigmas seated on a stylopo- 
dium. Sciadophyllum Gayanum, Dene, et Planch. Rev. Hort. 1854 
(nomen solum), is probably a synonym of one of the Chilian species or 
Cheirodendron. 
1. C. Gaudichaudii, Seem. — Aralia trigyna, Gaud. Bot. Freyc. \ oy. 
p. 474, t 98. Panax (?) Gaudichaudii, De Cand. Prodr. iv. p. 253 ; 
Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech, p. 84. Iledera Gaudichaudii, A. Gray, Bot. 
Wilkes, p. 719, t. 90.— Hawaiian Islands (D. Nelson! Menzies! 
Nuttall ! Macrae !). 
' Var.0; foliolis sapius 3 subovatis vix denticulatis seu iiitegerrirais. 
Panax (?) ovatum, Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beech, p. 84.— Hawaiian 
Islands (Nuttall!). 
2. C. platyphyllum, Seem.— Panax (?) platyphyUa, Hook, et Arn. 
Bot. Beech, p. 84. Iledera platyphylla, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 72°- 
t. 91. — Hawaiian Islands (Lay and Collie!). ' 
3. C. latevirens, Seem. ; foliolis elongatis cuspidatis inciso-serratis. 
Aralia latevirens, Gay, Fl. Chil. iii. p. 151.— Woods of Valdiviflj 
Chili, as far north as the river Maule (Gay!, Dombey !)- Terme 
" Sauce " by the Chilians, and used by them as a sudorific. 
4. C. Valdirieme, Seem. ; foliolis ovatis acuminatis subintegernm^ 
v. obscure serratis. —Aralia Faldiviensis, Gay, Fl. Chil. ill- P- 
