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Sciadopkyllum racemifonne, Miq. in Herb. Hook. Aralia paniculate, 
Philippi. Nomen vernaculum Chilense, " Saluco falso," teste Philippi. 
"Arbor 20 peel." Philippi Plant. Chil. n. 236.— Island of Cl.iloe 
(Capt. King !) ; Straits of Magellan ("Whinnie, Capt. King !) ; Val- 
divia, outskirts of woods. (Bridges! n. 78, ex parte; Lecbler! n. 
1417 et 1302; Harvey ! Gay!) 
5. C. Samoeitsc, Seem. — Paratropia Samoemis, A. Gray, Bot. 
Wilkes, p. 722.— Sanioan Islands (U. St. Expl. Exped. !) 
Hobsfieluta. Pedicelli inarticulati, ecalyculati. Flores polygami.' 
Calyx tubo ovato, limbo obsolete denticnlato. Petala 5, ovata, acuta, 
lil'era, aestivatione valvata. Stamina 5; filamenta elongata, filiforaria; 
aotherae snbrotund;e. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculia 1-ovulatis. Ovula 
pendula. Styli 2, omnino Iiberi, divaricati. Drupa didymo-com- 
pressa, 2-pyrena, pyrenis 3-costatis. Semina oblonga. Albumen 
ffiquabile. Embryo minutissimus. — Frutices magni, aculeati, America; 
>>oreal.-occid., Japoniae et insula? Javse; foliis exstipulatis alternis pel- 
a tis vel palmatis, petiolis spinosis ; umbellis subsessilibus vel pedun- 
culatis, basi bracteolatis, in racemos v. spicas simplices vel compositas 
ilispositis.— Ilorsfieldia, Bl. Bijdr. p. 885 ; Brown et Bennett, PI. 
Jav. Bar. p. 123. t. 26. Sclmbcrtia, Bl. I.e. Ecldnopanax, Dene, et 
Planch, in Rev. Horticol. 1854, p. 105. Panaris sp. auct, 
cannot find any structural difference of generic importance between 
Honjieldia aculeala, EL, and Echmopanax hortida {Panax horrida, 
smith), and therefore do not hesitate to unite them. The two form 
1 Wry natural genus, with a distinct habit. 
!• If. acnleata ; foliis peltatis utrinque inermibus subtus dense 
stellato-tonientosis; umbellis subsessilibus basi pluri-bracteatis ; calyce 
'^Mo; fnictu puleaceo-setoso— H. aculeata, BL Bijdr. p. 885; 
Brown et Bennett, 1. c. p. 123. t. 25.— Java ( Hors field ! in Mas. 
Brit.). 
2. H. horrida ; foliis palmatis utrinque aculeatis, subtus ad costas 
fiervisque pilis crispis sparsis instrnctis ; umbellis pedunculatis, ebrac- 
te atis ; calyce fructuque inermi glabro. — Horsfieldia horrida, Seem. mss. 
**nax horridum, Smith in Rees' Cycl. n. 10 ; De Cand. Prodr. iv. 
P- 252 ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. i. p. 273. t. 9S ; Torr. et Gray, PL N. 
Amer. i. p . 648. Aralia erinacea, Hook, in Brew at. Edinb. Joum. 
1S -7, p. 64; De (and. Prodr. iv. p. 259. Kchinopanax horrida, 
1)( ' ne -et Planch. Rev. Hort. 1854, p. 105.— North-west America 
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