ÆGIPHILA, GOAT-FRIEND; a genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the tetrandria class of plants; the characters of which are: The calyx is a single-leaved perianthium, bell-shaped, four-toothed, loose, very short, and persistent: The corolla consists of one petal; the tubus cylindric, narrower and longer than the calyx; the border divided into four segments, flat and equal; the divisions oblong: The stamens consist of four erect capillary filaments; the anthers are incumbent and squared: The pistillum has a germen above; a capillary, two-cleft, middle-sized style; and a simple stigma: The pericarpium is a roundish unilocular berry: The seeds are four. There is only one species, a native of Martinico.