AGAR-AGAR

n. A%g’/a?r-a2g’a?r, Fr., algue de Java, mou e de Jafna (ou de Ceylan). Ger., Ceylonmoos, Jaffnamoos. Syn.: aja-aju, ager-ager, agal-agal. Ceylonmo , Bengal isingla , A substance resembling isingla , consisting of a dried sea-weed brought into commerce from the East Indies nnder the form of transparent colorle pare almost wholly soluble In water, forming a large quantity of thick jelly. It forms an article of food in the East Indies and is used in the arts as a substitute for gelatin. It is also employed as a medium for the cultivation of the Bacteria by Koch's method. It contains gelose. [A, 1; Fristedt, Pharm. Ztg.,” Aug. 22, 1885; ‘Indian Med. Gaz.,” Nov., 1885, p. 855 (A); B, 19, 48, 49, 93.) Ceylon a.-a. Fr., mou e de Ceylan, lichen de Ceylan amylacé. Ger., Ceylonmoos. The variety imported from Ceylon, consisting chiefly of Gracilaria (or Plocaria, or Sphærococcus, or Fucus) lichenoides, the Alga which is said (but probably erroneously) to be used by the Hirundo esculent a in making its edible nest. [Fristedt,. c. (A); B, 19.]—Japanese a.-a. Syn.: Japanese isingla . A variety derived from several Algæ, especially Gelideum corneum (Lamarck] and Gelideum cart i lag i neum [Gaill.] (Spherococcus cartilagineus [Agardh]), and, according to some, also from Gloiapeltis (Sphærococcus) tenax [J. Agardh] and Sphærococcus compre us (Agardhl. It occurs in commerce in transparent pieces 2 feet long and as thick as a straw (prepared in Singapore by steeping the Algæ in hot water), or oftener in Phos dat) ma es a foot long and upward of an inch wide. It is the kind suitable for bacterial cultivation, [Fristedt, J. c. (A).] —Maca ar a.-a. A variety coming from the straits between Borneo and the Celebes Teisndh and consisting of impure Eucheuma spinosum incrusted with salt. [Fristedt, 1. c. (A).]