NO. 42.— -1891.] SINHALESE PLANT LORE. 



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The leaf is as if it were bent and marked, the flower is as if it were 

 woven with red thread. After three months it grows to the size of a 

 cock, and if you cannot solve this to-day 'tis well to do it to-morrow. 

 This refers to the pineapple, and the following to sugarcane, 

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The leaves are rather elongated, and next to them are the knots. 

 Though sweet to the taste for the eaters, to solve [the riddle] is not 

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Radagedara yanapare 

 Tikki-tikkiri gasak eti 

 Mai pusmbayi gedi tittayi 

 Noteruwot toku wissayi. 



On the road to the dhoby's house there is a tikki-tikkiri tree. Its 

 fruits are bitter but its flowers very sweet. If you tell me not what 

 it is, I will give you twenty slaps. 



This is the hal tree ( Vateria indica), the following the jak: — 



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Watte gahen dungalayi kadanne 



Pitin katuwa etamaduluyi bolanne 



Dekata kadagaha heliye damanne 



Hapananam kohomada meke sanne. 

 If you are clever tell me what that is which is plucked with a 

 falling noise from a tree in the garden. There is a covering, and 

 within you find a lot of carps which are cut in two and put in a chatty 

 [for boiling]. 



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Kola loku gahak ge asalama tibenne 

 Udin muwekut eliyata paninne 

 Evari ganan wenwasayen wedenne 

 Hapananam kohomada meke sanne. 



