=ÃGICERAS= (from _aix_, a goat, and _keras_, a horn; alluding to the shape of its fruit). ORD. _Myrsineæ_. Small trees, with obovate entire leaves. Flowers white, fragrant, in terminal or axillary umbels. For culture, _see_ =Jacquinia=.
=Ã. fragrans= (fragrant). _fl._ white, fragrant; umbels pedunculate, axillary, terminal. April. _l._ obovate, margin undulated, and unequally dilated, veiny; upper surface covered with saline excrescence. _h._ 6ft. New Holland, 1824.
=ÃGIPHILA= (from _aix_, a goat, and _philos_, dear; a favourite with goats). ORD. _Verbenaceæ_. Stove ornamental evergreen shrubs, generally with ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, smooth leaves; and flowers in axillary and terminal panicles. They require a rich sandy loam. Propagated from cuttings, which will root in sand, under a glass, with bottom heat.
=Ã. grandiflora= (large-flowered).* _fl._ yellow, terminal, corymbose; corolla downy. November. Berry compressed, blue. _l._ verticillate oblong, entire, sub-cordate at base. _h._ 3ft. Havannah, 1843. The other species are probably not now in cultivation, and this one is not generally so.
=ÃGLE= (from Ãgle, one of the Hesperides). Bengal Quince. ORD. _Rutaceæ_. A stove evergreen tree, producing very large fruit, which much resembles an orange in general appearance, very delicious to the taste, and exquisitely fragrant. This genus differs principally from _Citrus_ by its numerous disunited stamens. The pulp of the fruit is an aperient, and a valuable remedy in dysentery, the thick rind and the dried unripe fruit are astringent. It thrives best in a rich loamy soil. Propagated by ripe cuttings, which, if not deprived of any of their leaves, will root in sand under a hand glass, in heat.
=Ã. Marmelos= (Marmelos). _fl._ white, very fragrant; panicles axillary, terminal. April. _fr._ fifteen-celled. _l._ trifoliate; leaflets toothletted. _h._ 10ft. India, 1759.
=ÃOLANTHUS= (from _aiollo_, to vary, and _anthos_, a flower; referring to the variableness of the flowers). ORD. _Labiatæ_. A genus of few herbs, with thickish leaves. Flowers loosely panicled. They thrive in sandy loam, and increase freely from seeds sown in a similar compost.
=Ã. Livingstonii= (Livingstone's). _fl._ brown. East Africa, 1859.