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ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, ( CEYLON BRANCH.) 



Not doubting but this is the Tamana tree referred to by 

 Forbes, it will be found to be a historical tree only second in 

 importance to the famous Bo-tree of Anuradhapura, whose con- 

 tinuous history Sir Emerson Tennent has traced for upwards of 

 2,000 years. 



The Tamana tree when in young foliage is more remark- 

 able for its brilliant red color than even the Tronwocd (Mesna), 

 Cinnamon, and other red-leaved plants of Ceylon, and is a very 

 beautiful object with its long young leaves drooping from 

 the ends of the branches. 



I append a list of authorities on the subject of the origin 

 and derivation of Tamana Nuwara, Tambapanni, Taprobane ; 

 and references to the Tamana tree, 



List of references to Authors who have written on the deriva- 

 tion of the different names supposed to be the origin of 

 Taprobane as the classical name for Ceylon. 



Turner in Mahawanso, appendix p. lx., lxi., Index and 



Glossary, p. 25, Text pp. 47, 50, and 53. 

 Emerson Tennent's History of Ceylon, I., p. 8, 17, 18 and 



note, 330, 368, 525, and notes, &c. 

 Upham's Mahawanso, 1, p, 70. 

 Thwaites' En. PI. Zeyl., 428 and 275. 

 Pridham's Ceylon, 1. p. 2. 

 Skeen's Adam's Peak, p. 82. 

 Lassen De Taprobane, &c, p. 8. 

 Forbes' Eleven Years in Ceylon, 1, pp, 10 — 11, 

 Cassie Chetty's Gazetteer, pp. 30, 60, 195, 208. 

 Beddome's Flora Sylyatica, PI. 290. 

 Brodie in Journal R. A. S. (Ceylon Branch) for 1853-8, 



Ditto on the District of Nuwarakalawiya, 1. c. 1856-8, 



p. 171 1. c. 155. 



