August, 1908.] 



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Edible Products 



80. Khali Ulsi (Linum usitatissi- 

 mum, L., Nat. Ord. Lineoe).— The refuse 

 of the linseed oil mills was pounded, 

 ground, and made into bread. 



87. Surwari (Celosia argentea, L., 

 Nat. Ord. Amarantaceoe). — A kind of 

 weed which ripens about October. The 

 seed is collected, ground, and made into 

 bread. The leaves are also used as a 

 vegetable after being boiled. [Kiri- 

 henda, Sinh.] 



88 Bun Piaza (Asphodelus tenui- 

 folius, Cav., Nat. Ord. Liiaceoe).— A very 

 common weed found on the fields. It 

 was boiled and eaten as a vegetable in 

 the famine and is not used ordinarily. 



89. Gada Puranan.— A very common 

 weed found everywhere on dry ground. 

 It was boiled and used as a vegetable. 

 It is at its best when young during the 

 rainy season. 



90. Dudhi (Euphorbia sp. (probably). 

 — A very common weed found in most 

 places and gathered by the poor, boiled 

 and eaten as a vegetable. 



91. Ankara Munmun (Vicia hirsuta, 

 Koch., Nat. Ord. Leguminosoe). — A weed 

 found in cultivated lands. The leaves 

 are very bitter, but were boiled and 

 eaten as a vegetable. The grain, which 

 ripens about March, is gathered, ground, 

 and bread made of it. 



92. Ghas Lonl— A weed which grows 

 on high land, and which is boiled and 

 eaten as a vegetable. 



93. Ghas Boda.— A weed very much 

 like methi found in cultivated lands. It 

 is boiled and eaten as a vegetable. It 

 is only found in the cold weather. 



94. Musli Sufaid (Chlorophytum 

 tuberosum, Baker. Nat. Ord. Liliaceoe.)— 

 A small weed found in the jungle with 

 onion-like leaves- The root is ground 

 and eaten like flour. It is also used 

 medicinally. 



95. Musli Si ah (Chlorophytum tu- 

 berosum, Baker, Nat. Ord. Liliaceoe). — 

 A small weed found in the jungle with 

 onion-like leaves. The root is black, and 

 is ground and eaten like hour. It is 

 also used medicinally. 



90. Baryara (Sida sp., Nat. Ord. 

 Malavaceoe). — A weed found on high 

 ground. The seed known as bijband 

 matures in January and Februry, and 

 is collected and ground, and used as 

 flour. [Many Sidas in Ceylon.] 



97. Bathua (Chenopodium album, L., 

 Nat. Ord. Chenopodiaceoe).—A common 

 weed found in cultivated lands about 

 November, December and January. 

 It is collected, boiled and eaten as a 

 vegetable. 



98. Ginni (Alternanthera sessilis, R. Bf 

 Nat. Ord. Amarantaceoe).— A weed found 

 in cultivated and fallow lauds, which 

 is boiled and used as a vegetable. 



99. Ban Muli (Moringa pterygos- 

 perma, Goertn,, Nat. Ord. Moringeoe. — 

 There appears to be some mistake here; 

 M. pterygosperma is a tree. — Hon. Ed.— 

 A jungle plant with a root like a radish, 

 which is boiled and eaten like a vege- 

 table. It is more or less sour to the 

 taste, 



100. Bhar Banda.— A weed which 

 spriugs up in cultivated lands. During 

 the cold weather the bark is stripped off 

 the stem, which is then boiled and eaten. 

 Said to be nutritive. From the seeds of 

 the plant oil is extracted which is used 

 for burning, 



101. Suba. — A weed which grows on 

 damp ground iu the jungle. The leaves 

 are gathered, boiled, and eaten as a 

 vegetable. 



102. Jangli Guean.— A jungly Aveed, 

 the leaves of which are gathered, boiled, 

 and eaten as a vegetable. 



103. Bank.— A weed found in the 

 jungle. The root is boiled or roasted 

 and eaten. 



104. Nur Kachoor.— A common weed, 

 the root of which is boiled and eaten. 

 Considered fairly edible and nutritive. 



105. Tipattia.— A weed found on 

 banks of j heels. The leaves are gathered 

 during August and September and boiled 

 and used as a vegetable. 



Water Plants. 



10(5. Sirki (Nymphcea Lotus or N. 

 iStellata, Willd., Nat. Ord. Nymphoea- 

 ceoe).— This is produced in j heels and is 

 a root. It is either boiled or roasted, 

 then the outside removed and the 

 remainder eaten. The flower known as 

 nilofar is used as a medicine for fever by 

 drying it first, then boiling and straining 

 it, then mixing some sugar, and again 

 boiling it when it is ready. It is found 

 all the year rouud. [Common in Ceylon, 

 Olu, Sinh.] 



107. Sag Karmua. (Flower stalks of 

 above.)— This was greatly used during 

 the famine. It is a water plant or weed 

 and was boiled before being eaten. It is 

 said to remove the poisonous effects of 

 an over-dose of opium. Ready to be 

 gathered from July till September. 



108. Thuthi Ka Jar (Cyperus escu- 

 lentus, L., Nat. Ord. Cyperacece.)— The 

 root of a water plant, which grows with 

 onion-like tubular leaves, and is very 



