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AERIDES 



223 



129. jEgle Marmelos. 



cells. 111. Roxb., PL Corona., pi. 143. Wight, Ic., pi. 16. 

 Bedd., Fl. Sylv., pi. 161. Benth. & Trim., Med. PI., 

 55. Bonav., Oranges and Lemons of India and Ceylon, 

 Atlas, pi. 242, 243. The ripe fr. is much esteemed by 



the Hindus, many of 

 whom consider it the 

 best of the citrous frs.; 

 the European residents 

 in India often become 

 very fond of it. 



Watt says (Diet, of 

 Econom. Prod, of India, 

 1:123): "The fruit, when 

 ripe, is sweetish, whole- 

 some, nutritious, and 

 very palatable, and much 

 > esteemed and eaten by 

 all classes. The ripe 

 fruit, diluted with water, 

 forms, with the addition 

 of a small quantity of 

 tamarind and sugar, a delicious and cooling drink." 

 The famous botanist, Roxburgh, says (Flora Indica, 

 2:580): "The fruit is nutritious, warm, cathartic; in 

 taste delicious, in fragrance exquisite; . . ." 



On the other hand, W. R. Mustoe, Superintendent, 

 Government Archeological Gardens, Lahore, India, 

 writes (in a letter to D. G. Fairchild, dated Lahore, 

 Dec. 3, 1908) : "The fruit is greatly prized for eating by 

 the natives, but can scarcely be looked upon as pala- 

 table to the white man except as a sherbet; . . ." 

 Sherbet is made from the mashed pulp, which is diluted 

 with a little water, and then strained into milk or soda- 

 water and sugared to taste. Sometimes a little tama- 

 rind is added to give a subacid flavor. All Indian medi- 

 cal authorities agree that the bael fruit has a most 

 salutory influence on the digestive system. The ripe 

 fruit is mildly laxative and is a good simple remedy for 

 dyspepsia. The unripe fruit is a specific of the highest 

 value for dysentery, but so mild that it can be given to 

 children without danger. The bael fruit tree is widely 

 cultivated in India, and is found in nearly every temple 

 garden. It is dedicated to Siva, whose worship cannot 

 be completed without its leaves. This promising fruit 

 tree is now being tested at several points in the warmer 

 parts of the United States. 



JE. Bdrteri, Hook. f.=Balsamocitrus paniculata, Swingle. M. 

 deuindra, Naves=Chsetospermum glutinosa, Swingle. J ylutinbsa, 

 MerrilI=Chsetopermum glutinosa. Swingle. d. septdria, DC.= 

 Poncirus trifoUata, Raf. ^"ALTER T. SWINGLE. 



jEGLOPSIS (Mgle; opsis, appearance). Rutdcex, 

 tribe Citrese. A small spiny tree, having simple per- 

 sistent Ivs. with short, wingless petioles, and frs. with 

 a thin rather hard shell: the fls. are pentamerous with 

 10 stamens, ovary 6-7-celled, ovules numerous in each 

 cell: cells of the fr. without pulp vesicles, filled with 

 gum. The seeds are smooth, and in germination the 

 cotyledons remain hypogeous; the first foliage Ivs. are 

 opposite. Only one species is known. 



Chevalieri, Swingle. Fig. 130. A large shrub or small 

 spiny tree growing near the coast in Cote d'lvoire, 

 Trop. W. Afr., probably occurring also in Liberia. The 

 spines occur singly alongside of the axillary bud and are 

 long, slender and straight. (See Fig. 130.) The fls. are 

 borne in small, more or less branched panicles composed 

 of 4-40 fls. The fruits are globose or slightly pyri- 

 fonn, deep orange, with a thin, hard shell ^in. thick. 

 Inside of this shell are 6 (rarely 5 or 7) cells filled with 

 large sublenticular seeds imbedded in a fragrant 

 mucilage. These cells correspond to the segms. of an 

 orange and 

 are trian- 

 gular in 

 outline, oc- 

 cupying 

 almost the 

 whole 

 space, the sep- 

 arating mem- 

 branes being 

 very thin and the 

 pith small. In 

 this respect, the 

 fr. is quite unlike 

 frs. o f jEgle and 

 Balsamocitrus. 

 111. Bull. Soc. 

 Bot. Fr. v. 

 58. Mem. 8d. 

 pi. 2, 3. This 

 species was only 

 recently brought 

 to light in the 

 collections of the 

 Muse'um d'His- 

 toire Naturelle 



131. ^igopodium Podograria var. 

 variegatum. 



at Paris. It is reported as growing in swamps near the 

 sea. If it is able to resist brackish water it may prove 

 to be a stock of value on which to graft citrous frs. as 

 most, if not all, of the species of Citrus are very sensi- 

 tive to salty soils (alkali). Trees of this species are 

 growing in the greenhouses of the Jardin des Plantes 

 at Paris and in those of the U. S. Dept. of Agric. Young 

 seedlings are being grown for trial as stocks on which 

 to graft other citrous frs. WALTER T. SWINGLE. 



130. jEglopsis Chevalieri. (X|; fl. Xj) 



. (aix, goat, and podion, a little foot; 



probably from the shape of the Ifts). Umbelliferae. 

 GOUTWEED. Coarse, hardy herbaceous perennial, with 

 creeping rootstocks, biternate Ivs., sharply toothed, 

 ovate Ifts., white fls. in umbels: frs. ovate, glabrous, 

 with equal filiform ribs, and no oil-tubes. 



Podograria, Linn., var. variegatum, Hort. Fig. 131. 

 Twelve to 14 in. A rapid-growing variegated form of 

 this European weed, which makes attractive mats of 

 white-margined foliage. Common in yards, and planted 

 as edging and mats against buildings and in shady 

 places. Prop, readily by division, and of simplest cult. 



N. TAYLOR.f 



AERANTHTJS: Certain species described under this genus are 

 treated in Anyrxcum. 



AfiRIDES (Greek, air-plant). Orchidacex. Epiphytic 

 hothouse orchids. 



Stems leafy, without pseudobulbs: Ivs. distichous, 

 coriaceous or fleshy, the persistent sheaths covering the 



