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



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Coming to the poets we find in the Subdhashita .-— 

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Satguna yut satahata weda kalot saru 

 Atpita diyunuwa ema karati nilaturu 

 Watkara diya neraluturu mulata piyakaru 

 Det mudunen palarasa regena amayuru. 



If any services are done to good men they will always be productive 

 of good then and there. For by pouring water to the root of the 

 «ocoanut tree you get the fruit from its top which gives a sweet water. 



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Nidana sata udawanatek rivi kirana 

 Nidana sata sahasa tibunat muluderana 

 Nidana weya gili jivulase matawarana 

 Nidana yayi pevasi isiwaratumo porana 



Those men who lie in bed till the sun is up will lose their riches, 

 even if they had the whole of this earth, like the pulp of the woodapple 

 devoured by the elephant. This is thei moral told by the ancient Irshis. 



Dr. TRIMEN said that the Paper read was a very interesting 

 and valuable one, and he was glad to find the subject taken up 

 by a Sinhalese gentleman, as it required a thorough knowledge 

 of the native languages. Speaking of the Sinhalese nomen- 

 clature of plants, he said that the Sinhalese do possess a sort 

 of classification into genera and species, but not based on any 

 structural points. He ought not to omit to mention the name 

 •of Mr. Moon, one of his predecessors in office, who did a great 

 service to the Botany of the Island during the early days, 

 when there was no literature on the subject, by the publication 

 of his "Catalogue of Plants" at Colombo in 1824, which 

 contains a full vocabulary of the Sinhalese names. In 

 addition to this work on Botany, Moon did great service to 



