Note 1 — Chapter I
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: Aristolocia bracteata. On the sands to the north of Ceylon there is also the A. Indica, which forms the food of the great red and white butterfly (Papilio Hector).
2: Hedyotis umbellata. A very curious account of the Dutch policy In relation to Choya dye will be found in a paper On the Vegetable Productions of Ceylon, by W.C. ONDAATJIE, in the Ceylon Calendar for 1853. See also BERTOLACCI, B. iii. p. 270.
3: Evolvulus alsinoides.
4: Lippia nodiflora.
5: Scævola takkada and S. Koenigii
6: Pandanus odoratissimus.
7: Moodu-kaduru (Ochrosia parviflora); Moodu-cobbe (Ornitrophe serrata); Moodu-murunga (Sophora tomentosa,) &c. &c. Amongst these marine shrubs the Nil-picha (Guettarda speciosca), with its white and delightfully fragrant flowers, is a conspicuous object on some parts of the sea-shore between Colombo and Point-de-Galle.