iEG O 
This species usually grows upon the inside 
of the glumes of the calyx, and of the ex- 
terior valvule of the corolla, under then 
epidermes, which, when the plant is ripe, 
bursts, and emits a powder of a bright 
orange colour. Other species grow on de- 
caying wood and mosses, and in the leaves 
of tussilago, farfara, &c. 
jEGICERAS, a genus of the Pentandria 
Monogynia class and order : calyx five-cleft ; 
petals five ; capsule curved ; one-celled ; one- 
valved ; one-seeded : two species found in 
the Moluccas. 
iEGILOPS, goat's-face, in botany, a 
genus of the Triandria Digynia class and 
order, and of the natural order of grasses : 
the characters are, that the hermaphrodite 
calyx is a large bivalvular glume, sustain- 
ing three flowers ; the valves are ovate, and 
streaked with various awns: the nectary 
two-leaved, with very small leaflets: the 
stamina have three capillary filaments with 
oblong anthers : the pistillum is a turbinate 
germen : no pericardium : the seeds are ob- 
long, convex on one side, grooved on the 
other, with the inner valve of the corolla 
adhering to it, and not opening. There are 
six species. 
jEGINETA, in botany, a genus of the 
Didynamia Angiosperma class and order: 
calyx one-leafed, spathaceous ; corolla cam- 
panulate, two-lipped ; capsule many celled : 
one species, viz. the M. Indica, found at 
Malabar. 
iEGIPHILA, goat’s-friend, a genus of 
the Tetrandria Monogynia class and or- 
der, and the natural order of Vitices : the 
calyx is a one-leafed permanent perian- 
thium; the corolla is one-petalled, and 
longer than the calyx ; the stamina are ca- 
pillary filaments inserted into the mouth of 
the tube ; the pistillum is a roundish supe- 
rior germ, style capillary, deeply bifid, and 
stigmas simple : the pericarpium is a round- 
ish two-celled berry, surrounded with a 
permanent calyx ; and the seed is either in 
pairs or solitary. There are seven species, 
natives of the W. Indies, chiefly of Ja- 
maica. 
jEGLE, in botany, a genus of the Poly- 
andria Monogynia class and order : calyx 
five-lobed ; petals five ; berry globular, 
many celled, with numerous seeds in each. 
One species, viz. the marmelos, a tree 
with thorny branches; fruit delicious to 
the taste, and exquisitely flagrant : seeds 
imbedded in an extremely tenacious trans- 
parent gluten. 
/EGOPODIUM, in botany, a genus of 
MOL 
the Pentandria Digynia class of plants ; the 
general corolla whereof is uniform ; the sin- 
gle flowers consist each of five, oval, con- 
cave, and nearly equal petals ; the fruit is 
naked, ovato-oblong, striated, and separa- 
ble into two parts ; the seeds are two, ovato- 
oblong and striated, convex on one side, 
and plain on the other. There is but one 
species, viz. JE. podagraria, gout-weed, 
which is a perennial, creeping weed, with 
white flowers, that appear in May or June. 
It has been used in cases of gout, whence 
it derives its name. It is boiled for greens, 
and eaten in Sweden; cows,. sheep, and 
goats eat it. It is found among rubbish in 
shady places, and in hedges. 
iEGOPRICON, in botany, a genus of 
the Monandria Trigynia class and order: 
the male flowers are small, in an ovate 
ament; their calyx one-leafed: no corolla, 
the stamina of one filament, longer than 
the calyx, with an ovate anther; the female 
flowers are on the same plant, and soli- 
tary; the calyx and corolla are the same as 
the male ; the pistillum has an ovate supe- 
rior germ, three divaricate styles, with sim- 
ple permanent stigmas ; the pericardium is 
a globular berry; the seeds are solitary, 
and angular on one side. There is but 1 
one species, viz. JE. betulinum, which is a 
tree very much branched, with wrinkled 
bark, and alternate leaves resembling those 
of the myrtle. 
iEOLIPILE, a hollow metalline ball, in 
which is inserted a slender neck, or pipe ; 
from whence, after the vessel has been 
filled with water, and heated, issues a blast 
of wind with great vehemence. 
Great care should be taken that the aper- 
ture of the pipe be not stopped when the 
instrument is put on the fire, otherwise the 
molipile will burst with a vast explosion, 
and may occasion no little mischief. Dr. 
Plot gives an instance where the asolipile is 
actually used to blow the fire ; the lord of 
the manor of Effington is bound by his 
tenure to drive a goose every New-year’s 
day three times round the hall of the lord 
of Hilton, while Jack of Hilton (a brazen 
figure having the structure of an aeolipile) 
blows the fire. In Italy, it is said, that 
the ajolipile is commonly made use to cui e 
smoky chimneys; for being hung over the 
fire, the blast arising from it carries up the 
loitering smoke along with it. 
An aeolipile of great antiquity, made of 
brass, was lately dug up in the site of the Ba- 
singstoke canal, and presented to the Anti- 
quarian Society in Loudon. It is not glo- 
