Cheirostemon
(from cheir, the hand, and stemon, a stamen; the stamens are five in number, the filaments are united at the base, and are recurved at their top, which gives them the appearance of a hand). Hand-plant. ORD. Malvaceae. A fine cool-house tree, succeeding well in a mixture of turfy loam and peat, or any light rich soil. Cuttings of rather firm shoots will root in sandy peat, if placed under a hand glass, in heat.
C. platanoides (Plane-tree-like). fl. solitary, hoary-tomentose; petals absent; calyx somewhat companulate, furnished with three bracteoles on the outside at the base. l. five and six-lobed, palmate-nerved. h. 60ft. Mexico, 1820. (B. M. 5135.)