Index to English Names. 



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IV. 



ENGLISH NAMES. 



[Considering the number of beautiful, interesting, and useful trees, shrubs, 

 and herbs common in Ceylon, it is remarkable that so few of them should have 

 acquired English names. Of those contained in the following index, by far the 

 larger number are of cultivated plants, introduced from Europe or India, whose 

 English or Anglo-Indian names have come with them or been applied to them. 

 A very few are the inventions of English residents, such as ' Lily of the Valley 

 Orchid,' which is Anglican, and ' Patana Oak ' and ' Calamander Wood,' which 

 are hybrid words. In a few cases I have introduced into this index English 

 names that are not to be found in the text, with references to plants which 

 certainly should bear them, as ' Water-starwort ' for ' Callitriche stagnalis,' Scop., 

 and 'Barberry' for the Ceylon 'Berberis,' &c. — J. D. H.] 



Ala-bet, Gynura pseudo-China, DC. iii. 



45 

 Annatto, dye, Bixa Orellana, L. i. 70 

 Arum, Egyptian, Colocasia Antiquorum, 



Schott, iv. 359 

 Ash-Pumpkin, Benincasa cerifera, Savi, 



ii. 252 



Babul, Acacia arabica, Willd. ii. 122 

 Bael, fr. , sEgle Marmelos, Corr. i. 229 

 Balsams, Impatiens, i. 200 

 Banana, Musa paradisiaca, L. iv. 265 

 Banyan tree, Ficus benghalensis, L. iv. 86 

 Baobab tree, Adansonia digitata, L. 



i- 159 



Barberry, of Ceylon, Berberis aristata, 



DC. i. 48 

 Basil, Sweet, Ocinnim Basiliatm, L. 



iii. 366 

 Batticaloa Orchid, Rhynckostylis retusa, 



Bl. iv. 187 

 "Bead tree, Melia Azedarach, L. i. 244 

 .Bean, French, or Haricot, Phaseolus 



vulgaris, L. ii. 69 

 Bean, Sacred, of Egypt, Nelumbium 



speciosum, Willd. i. 51 

 Bedstraw, Galium asperifolium, Wall. 



»• 373 

 ^Bermuda grass, Cynodon Dactylon, Pers. 



v. 274 

 Betel, foreign, Piper Belle, var. Siriboa, 



iii. 425 

 LSetel leaf, Piper Betle, L. iii. 425 



Betel-nut Palm, Areca Catechu, L. iv. 



321 

 Bird- Pepper, Capsicum minimum, 



Roxb. iii. 238 

 Bitter-cress, hairy, Cardamine hirsuta, 



L. i. 54 

 Blackberry, Rubus moluccanus, L. var. 



7, »• 137 

 Black strawberry tree, Melasloma mela- 



bathricum, L. ii. 199 

 Blinding tree, Exccecaria Agallocha, L. 



iv. 77 

 Borage, Indian, Coleus aromaticus, 



Benth. iii. 374 

 Bo tree, Ficus religiosa, L. iv. 90 

 Bottle- Gourd, Lagenaria imlgaris, Ser. 



ii. 247 

 Box wood, Ceylon, Canthium didy- 



mum, Gaertn. f. ii. 343 

 Brazil Cherry, Eugenia Michelii, Lam. 



ii. 188 

 Bringal, fr., Solamtm Melongena, L. iii. 



235 



Bullock's- heart, Anona reticulata,~L.i.32 

 Bull-rush Millet, Pennisetum typhoi- 



deum, Rich. v. 170 

 Butter-cup, Ranunculus sagittifolius, 



Hook. i. 4 



Cactus, Opuntia Dillenii, Haw. ii. 267, 

 and Euphorbia Antiquorum, L. iv. 4 



Calamander wood, Diospyros quasita, 

 Thw. iii. 97 



