698 
[March i, 1892. 
Supplement to the ical A^ncultumt.' 
Months. 
130 
Kalutherawi 
/) 
131 
Katahandiram . . 
5 
132 
Suduhaiidiram . . 
i) 
133 
Sudukarael 
o-oi 
134 
Sudii Ilatawi . . 
5 
135 
ICalukarael 
5-J 
130 
Mnhahamkottel . . 
5 
137 
Kaluboraluel 
5 
138 
Podisulawi 
5 
139 
Kalukerawi 
4 
140 
Sudukarawi 
<) 
141 
Kaliikurawi 
5 
142 
Karawe 
143 
Kalu (fires 
5 
144 
.Sudu (iires 
145 
Kaluhamlmheeueti 
5 
14(5 
.Suduhainlmheenetl 
5 
147 
Ileenpanneti 
;*) 
148 
Podikaluheenete 
4 
149 
llatuheeiieti 
4 
150 
fianibmlaheeneti 
( To be rnntiuued. ) 
FRA (1 RANT Pl.ANTS. 
4 
Many plants belonging to tlie em\f:T Lalnata< are 
cluiraotorised by a pungency and odour (not 
always pleasant) about tbeir leaves. Among fra- 
grant or aromatic Knglisli plants of this order 
may be mentioned iaivetider, Mint, Peppermint, 
Pennyroyal, llasil. Thyme, Jlarjoram, 8uvory, 
Sagt!, Palm, Uoaemary, Wild Thyme and Sage, 
Of the family (ladongiug to this order) 
we have in Ceylon, O. ('nwm (lleen-talla) and 
O. 'HtmlirHm (Sweet-Basil) are common about 
native gardens, <>■ (frutumna (eonmwn in the 
warmer parts of Jthe Island); O. fimve (not com- 
mon), and <). Sarictum (Holy Basil), known a.s 
Madooorootalla among the Sinhalese, who use 
it much ns a medicine and for keeping away 
insects (madooroo). And these are more oit less 
fragrant and aromatic, and some (as the Hint two 
mentioned) are used for seasoning dishes. The 
family Plecthranthus includes P. titbenmix (iunala) 
the tuberous roots of which form a didicioiu 
aromatic vegetable. 
Volem annwttku* is the tiinbnlese :kapi)rar 
walliya. Jioxburgh says that every part of the 
plant is didightfidiy fragrant, and. that the leaves 
aw fretpiBUtly i-aton with bread and hotter. 
liarhntji-n also jmseasses a strong but not diss 
agreeable smell; its roots are pickled and oaten by 
the natives of Bombay. 
Patchouli (Ptiyiietamun Pntc/iouli), of which 
Brury says : — “ Tlie odour is ino.st powerful, more 
so piu'hapsthan that derived from any other plant,!’ 
is not unfre((ueutly met with in Ceylon, though 
not indigenous to the Island, but P. Heynaaiiue, 
which is .indigenoiw and common enough, is 
probably merely a variety of P. Pat- 
chniili, and is known among the .Sinhalese as 
gang-kolang-kola. Other varieties of Pogoste- 
mon fouml in Ceylon are P. rupi-sirix and P. 
raflexue. The leaves of Patchouli, powihired and 
piit into bags, are said to prevent clothes from 
being attacked by moths ; by the Arab.s the leaves 
are used for stu'fliug matrae.ses and pillows, im 
it is thought to be idllcacious in preventing 
contagion and prolonging life ; it is also used in 
India for mixing with tobacco. The essential oil 
was at one time very valuable, but the sceut 
seems to have gone out of fashion somewhat. A 
small (piantity of lepf is even now exported 
from Ceylon. 
tlBNERAB ITEM.^*. 
Mr. P. B. Kaholpannala writes : — The Eramadu 
or lirahado, also known as tile Indian Coral 
tree (Erythina liidica) is useful in many ways 
to the natives of Ceylon, In the north of the 
island the leaves are used as food for cattle, 
but in the Sinhalese provinces they are only 
given to calves and rabbits. The leaves am 
also pounded with coconut, turmeric, Dec., and 
the iuico expressed from Ihe mixture is used 
medicinally to prevent parasitic attack, and 
for this purpose is apjilied to the naval of new- 
born calves. The leaves are even eaten by the 
poorer classes, in (he form of a dry curry. Stumps 
of the tree are used for live fences, while the wood 
of the trunk, though by no means durable, is 
used in constructing dwellings. The tree is 
gro.wn as shade for cocos, and as betel anil pepper- 
vine supports. The tree begins to blossom about 
the time of the Now Year, iiiiil this fact is referred 
to in Sinhalese poetry, for instance; Auruddut 
Kittui, Eramadu mal-ut Kupjiei ; ” The year is 
close at hand, the flowers of the Eramadu 
are Imddiug. By subjecting tlie seeds to pres- 
sure an ((.ytract is got which is used as an 
ointment tlpit is aiiplied to sprains, and is also 
recommended in coses of wasp-bite. It is said 
that the wasp when he drinks the sweet nectar 
of the liright and attactive scarlet flowers, gra- 
dually loses its vital jiowers and ultimately dies. 
in Nature for November 5th, I8BI, Mr. W. B. 
Hemsley, reviewing two (ierinau works on coast 
vegi'tation, says, on the authority of Jlr. (J. B. 
Clarke, that in such localities the “milk” 
(coconut water.’') of the coconut is so salt as to 
be undrinkable. 
Australasia imports annually nearly 20,(X)0 
tons of rice, worth .t‘i50,00(). 
Professor Wallace, iii his address on Egyptian 
Agriculture, states that the chief crops are cotton 
(“by far the best [laying crop”), maize, birsem 
( Trifolium A le.randriuum), a kind of large-growtli- 
ed clover with a white flower, beans, wheat, and 
barley : .Sesame (sesamum or gingelly ‘f,) sorghum 
Milgare (Tam. cholum), sugar-cane, and rice are 
also groivn ; and [lotatoes have been lately in- 
troduced and fouml to tie a gi'eat success. 
Cattle are very fond of the tender [larts of 
the ilhall jilaut (Pajanvn Indicue) both in a 
green and dry state. Tlie ilry stems are said to 
1)0 excellent fuel and well-adapted for jiroducing 
fire by friction. The leaves rubbed witli pepper 
cleanse the gums and are also given in tootli" 
ache. A drink is also made from them and ad" 
ministered to smull-pox jiatients. 
Tile stud hull at the School has had a had 
time of it with an attack of foot-and-mouth 
disease, lint with care the vnluahlo animal has 
recovered, and the disease was kept away from 
Mr. .fayawardoue's milking stock, 
