AEG 



Brown Prodr. Nov. 



of five 

 leaves. 



Koiiiff Ann. of Bot. v. i. 132. t. 3. , . ,, 



HoUrv. I. 534.— Clafs and order, Pcntandna Monogyma 

 Nat. Ord. Myrjinex, Brown. . 



Gen. Cli. reformed. Cal. Perianth inferior, 

 roundint.oblong, concave, coriaceous, permanent 

 tJiickeft at the bafe, obhquely imbricated at the margin. 

 Cor. of one petal, falver-fhaped, fomewhat coriaceous.; tube 

 the length of the calyx, nearly cyhndncal, thickilh, rounded 

 It the bafe ; limb the length of the tube, in five deep, ovate, 

 pointed, equal, reflexed fegments. Stam. Filaments five, 

 prominent, awl-diaped, twice the length of the tube, united 

 at the bottom into a ring, attached to the bafe ol the corolla ; 

 anthers arrow-ihaped, incumbent, verfatile, of two lobes 

 and two cells, burfting longitudinally. Pijl. Germen lu- 

 perior, linear^oblong, comprefi"ed, dotted, with rudiments 

 of feveral feeds ; ftyle ereft, the length of the ftamens, ta- 

 pering, permanent ; ftigma fimple. Perk. Follic e cyhn- 

 drical, coriaceous, curved, pointed, ot one cell, ^eed 

 fohtary, oblong, nearly filhng the pericarp, and germinating 

 there, attached by a thin flat umbilical cord, of its own 

 length, which is dilated into a hood-hke, pointed, partial 

 tunic, clofely covering the minute cotyledons, and part of 

 the radicle; albumen none; embryo eretl ; radicle very 

 large. 



EfT. Ch. Calyx in five deep imbricated fegments. Co- 

 rolla falver-fhaped, five-cleft, reflexed. Filaments joined at 

 the bafe. Stigma fimple. FoUicle coriaceous, cylindrical. 

 Seed folitary, with a hooded tunic. 



I. Ac. fragrans. Fragrant Aegiceras. Konig as above. 

 Br. n. I. (Ae. majus ; Gsrtn. as above. Willd. n. i. 

 Rhizophora corniculata ; Linn. Sp. Fl. 635. Burm. Ind. 

 108. Pou-Kandel ; Rheede Hort. Malab. v. 6. 65. t. 36. 

 Mangium fruticans corniculatum ; Rumph. Amboin. v. 3. 



J ,__ ^_ _y \ Native of the maritime woods and thickets of 



the Eaft Indies, as well as of the tropical and eaft^ern coafts 

 of New Holland. The Jlems are rather flirubby than arbo- 

 refcent, feveral from the fame root, ten to fourteen feet 

 high, three or four inches in diameter, with numerous flender 

 fpreading branches. Leaves alternate, or imperfedly oppo- 

 fite, fl:alted, obovate, or fomewhat elliptical, emarginate, 

 entire, coriaceous, fmooth, fingle-ribbed, from one to four 

 inches long. They are reported to have a briny tafte ; and 

 Mr. Browne noticed a fahne efflorefcence, or excretion, on 

 their upper furface. Flowers white, fragrant, about half an 

 inch broad before their corolla is reflexed, coUefted into 

 umbels at the ends of the Ihort lateral, as well as principal, 

 branches. Seed-vejel near an inch and a half long, pointed, 

 curved, but not fpiral, as the generic name would feem to 



imply. • i_ 1 ■ Di- 



This (hrub, which Linnxus confounded with his Rhizo- 

 phora, is the only known fpecies of a very diftinft genus ; 

 the JE. minus, Ga;rtn. t. 46, having been fnewn by Mr. 

 Konig to be Connarus fantaloides of Vahl, Symb. v. 3. 87, 

 Santaloides, Linn. Zeyl. 192. n. 408, a totally different 

 plant in genus and natural order, though Gzrtner has quoted 

 for a fynonym, Umbracuhm marls, Rumph. Amboin. v. 3. 

 124. t. 82. This laft, as well as Mangium Jloridum of the 

 fame writer, v. 3. 125. t. 83, appear very neariy related to 

 our JEgieeras fragrans ; infomuch that, without fpecimens, 

 no one can fafely diftinguifh them from it, or from each 

 other, for the difference of fize in their refpeftive flowers is 

 of no avail in Rumphius's, always varioufly diminifhed, 



plates. 



AEGINETIA, a reflored genus, firft founded by 

 Linnxus, fubfequently reduced by himfelf to Orobanche, 

 and originally named in honour of Paul ^Egineta. ( See 



AEG 



Uiofe articles.) — Linn. Gen. ed. 5. 280. Dryandr. in 

 Roxb. Coromand. v. i. 63. Willd. Sp. PL v. 3. 346. — 

 Clafs and order, Didynamiu Angiofpermia. Nat. Ord. Per- 

 fonatte, Linn. Pediculares, Juff. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth flieath-like, inferior, of one 

 leaf, ovate, concave, inflated, coloured, permanent. Cor. 

 of one petal, tubular, longer than the calyx ; tube globular 

 at the bafe, bent horizontally towards the middle, fwelhng 

 upwards ; limb fpreading, in five (hort, rounded, equal feg- 

 ments. Stam. Filaments four, incurved, two fliorter than 

 the reft ; anthers oblong, fimple, converging in pairs, 

 flightly bent. PiJl. Germen fuperior, ovate ; llyle fimple, 

 curved, the length and pofition of the fl.amens ; ftigma capi- 

 tate, large. Peric. Capfule ovate, pointed, of two valves ? 

 with many cells. Seeds numerous, minute. Receptacles 

 feveral, convoluted, attached to the valves. 



EfT. Ch. Calyx of one leaf, opening lengthwife. Co- 

 rolla with five equal fegments. Capfule of many cells. 

 Seeds numerous. 



1. Ae. indica. Indian Aeginetia. Linn. 



Sp. PI. 

 Willd. 

 ed. 



n. 



2. 

 II. 

 parts of 



V. 



883. 



97- 

 the 



632. Roxb. Coromand. v. i. 63. t. 91. 

 ( Orobanche Aeginetia ; Linn. Sp. PI. 

 " Tfiem-cumulu ; Rheede Hort. Malab. 

 t. 47.") — Native of Malabar, in the hilly 

 Circars, but rare. Roxburgh. Root of many fimple fibres, 

 probably parafitical and annual. Stetns feveral, purplilh, a 

 fpan high, fimple, fingle-flowered, and naked, except a 

 lanceolate, brown, flieathing fcale at the bottom of each. 

 Calyx rufty-coloured, an inch long, turning green as it 

 fades. Corolla half as long again as the calyx, and more 

 flender, of a violet purple ; the tube pale ; deciduous. Style 

 permanent as the fruit ripens, curved, projedling laterally 

 out of the calyx. Seeds and receptacles tawny. 



The generic difliindtions between this plant and Orobanche 

 are obvious enough ; the fingle-leaved fpathaceous calyx, re- 

 gular corolla, undivided Jligma, and many-celled capfuhy 

 whofe internal ftruftuie Dr. Roxburgh fays he could never 

 well determine, but the numerous convoluted partitions, or 

 receptacles, which he defcribes, are fufiiciently different from 

 Orobanche. As to habit, thefe genera nearly agree, both 

 having a rufl;y pubefcence, a purple hue, and, if we miftake 

 not, parafitical roots ; though the injlorejcence, and the form 

 of the calyx, diff^er in each. Jlegineiia appears to want the 

 neftariferous gland, found at the bale of the germen, in front, 

 in Orobanche ; it wants alfo the bradeas, oblervable in every 

 fpecies oF the laft-named genus, except the uniflora. 

 ^GISSUS. See ^gyptu'^. 



AEGLE, in Botany, the name of one of the Hespe- 

 KiDES, (fee that article,) chofen by Mr. CoiTea de Serra for 

 this genus, as Linnaeus had already dedicated one to her 

 fifter Arethufa. — Correa Tr. cf Linn. Soc. v. 5. 222. Ait. 

 Hort. Kevv. v. 3. 284. — Clafs and order, Polyandria Mo- 

 nogynia. Nat. Ord. Aurantia, Jufl". 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of one leaf, fmall, 

 with five fliallow lobes, at length deciduous. Cor. Petals 

 five, ovate, acute, fpreading, many times longer than the 

 calyx. Stam. Filaments numerous, fliort, awl-fliaped, in- 

 ferted into the external part of the elevated receptacle of the 

 flov/er ; anthers oblong, ereft, heart-ftiaped at the bafe. 

 Pijl. Germen fuperior, ovate ; ftyle fliort, thick ; ftigma 

 oval, obfcurely furrowed. Peric. Berry coated, globular, 

 fmooth, almoft woody when ripe, not buriling, of ten or 

 twelve cells obliterated as the pulp arrives at maturity. Seeds 

 ovate, comprefled, numerous in each cell, in a fimple row, 

 each inferted by a fliort partial ftalk into the central column ; 

 albumen none. 



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