[97] Osbeck mentions, that, if prepared with vinegar, it furnishes an excellent pickle; and Rumphius, according to Mr. Turner, relates, that, in the East, salads are made of it, as well as other Algæ. It is also eaten in Chili.—Greville’s Algæ Britannicæ, 8vo. 1830, p. 2.
[98] Vide Labillardiere’s Voyages, vol. i. p. 334.
[99] The fronds of the palms every year throw off those of the year preceding, and it is the bases of the old fronds that form the rough bark.
[100] Lindley’s Nat. Syst. of Botany.
[101] Artocarpus integrifolia, Linn.
[102] Caryota urens.
[103] Generally of Bignonia indica, Tabernæmontana, Jasminum odoratum, and zeylanicum and luteum; Polyanthes tuberosa, Nyctanthes arbor tristis, Michelia champaca, Nerium odoratissimum, Mimosa arabica, and Lawsonia inermis.
[104] In worship of Budhoo, and acknowledgment of his being the Omniscient.
[105] A liberty is here taken with the tradition, blue and green being synonymous in Singalese, (Nil-pata.)
[106] Supposed to be derived from a Tamul word, bodhi, which signifies wisdom. The present object of Singalese worship is the fourth Budhoo, called Goutama Budha Arkabandoo, or descendant from the sun.