CHAP. IIIPART II.VEGETATION.—TREES AND PLANTS.
- The Flora of Ceylon imperfectly known [83]
- Vegetation similar to that of India and the Eastern Archipelago
[84]
- Trees of the sea-borde.—Mangroves—Screw-pines,
Sonneratia [85]
- The Northern Plains.—Euphorbiæ Cassia.—Mustard-tree
of Scripture [87]
- Western coast.—Luxurious vegetation [87]
- Eastern coast [88]
- Pitcher plant.—Orchids [88]
- Vines [89]
- Botany of the Mountains.—Iron-wood, Bamboo,
European fruit-trees [90]
- Tea-plant—Rhododendron—Mickelia
[90]
- Rapid disappearance of dead trees in the forests [91]
- Trees with natural buttresses [91]
- Flowering Trees.—Coral tree [92]
- The Murutu—Imbul—Cotton tree—Champac
[93]
- The Upas Tree—Poisons of Ceylon [95]
- The Banyan [95]
- The Sacred Bo-tree [97]
- The India Rubber-tree—The Snake-tree [98]
- Kumbuk-tree: lime in its bark [99]
- Curious Seeds.—The Dorian, Sterculia foetida
[100]
- The Sea Pomegranate [100]
- Strychnos, curious belief as to its poison [101]
- Euphorbia—The Cow-tree, error regarding
(note) [101]
- Climbing plants, Epiphytes, and flowering creepers [102]
- Orchids—Brilliant terrestrial orchid, the
Wanna-raja.—Square-stemmed Vine [103]
- Gigantic climbing Plants [104]
- Enormous bean [105]
- Bonduc seeds.—Ratans—Ratan bridges [106]
- Thorny Trees.—Raised as a natural fortification by
the Kandyans [107]
- The buffalo thorn, Acacia tomentosa [108]
- Palms [109]
- Betel-chewing, its theory and uses [112]
- Timber Trees [115]
- Cabinet
Woods.—Satin-wood—Ebony—Cadooberia [117]
- Calamander, its rarity and beauty [118]
- Tamarind [119]
- Fruit-trees [119]
- Remarkable power of trees to generate cold and keep their
fruit chill [121]
- Aquatic Plants—Lotus, red and blue [123]
- Desmanthus natans, an aquatic sensitive plant [123]