No. 5.-1849.] 



WOODS OF CEYLON. 



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mostly of very rapid growth and equally rapid in decay, some 

 of them falling to pieces within a few days of being felled. 



I know of no peculiarity attaching to any of this class of 

 woods, save to the riti-gaka, the wood of which is perfectly 

 useless, but its bark is turned to good account by the 

 natives of Badulla and Uva, in the forests of which dis- 

 tricts the tree chiefly grows. The bark is very pliant and 

 durable, and the villagers avail themselves of these qualities 

 by stripping it from the tree in large pieces and sewing it up 

 into bags, in which they convey coffee or paddy to market on 

 their bullocks' backs. The kirilla, or corkwood, is useful on 

 account of its softness for lining insect cases. 



CATALOGUE OF CEYLON WOODS. 



Sinhalese 

 Name. 



Aaridde 



Agalandere 



Ahu 



Akmelle 



Alebeiriye 



Aleheriliye 



Alerin 



Alpedde 



Aluboa 



Alukettiya 



Aludel 



Ambe 



Angene 



Ankeade 



Anoana 



Arreloo 



Arreliye 



English Name. 



Botanical Name. 



Malabar Nut ... — 



Broad-leaved Morinda... Morinda sp. 



Caneru 



Dell 

 Mango 



Calyptranthes jambo- 

 lana 



... Artocarpuspubescens 

 ... Masrnifera indica 



... (Netted) Custard Apple Anona squamosa 



... Gallnut ... Terminallia chebula ... 



... Oleander 



3 B 



3 B 



4 B 

 3 C 

 3 B 



3 C 



4 C 

 3 B 



* Reprinted exactly from the original edition of 1849. — Hon. Sec. 



