490 
WRIGHT : FOLIAR PERIODICITY 
1.—Ceylon and India— contd. 
Leal- 
PAL L. 
New 
Leafless 
Period. 
Com¬ 
menced. 
Finished. 
Leaves 
appeared. 
Remarks. 
Diospyros 
A ugust 
Sept. 
August 
None 
Partially deci¬ 
ovalifolia, 
duous inNorth- 
R. Wight. 
ern Province. 
Diospyros mon- 
V ugust 
Sept. 
August 
None 
do. 
tana, Roxb. ; 
Ceylon. 
India 
Feb. 
March 
March 
.— 
According to 
Brandis. 
Diospyros 
melanoxylon, 
Roxb. 
India 
March 
April 
April 
do. 
Eugenia Gard- 
neri, Duth ; 
Peradeniva. 
1 
! 
1902 “ ... 
Feb. 
3 
Mar. 10 Feb. 
26 
__ 
1903 
Mar. 
18 
April 11 
April 
7 
— 
L905 
January 
March 
Jan. 
19 
— 
Ficus Arnot- 
tiana, Miq. : 
Peradeniya. 
Tree A. 
1901-02 
Dec. 
13 
April 24 
Feb. 
3 
_ 
1902-03 
Dec. 
17 
Mar. 14) 
April 
10 
24 days 
1903-04 
Nov. 
30 
Mar. 22 
April 
7 
16 days 
Peradeniya. 
Tree B. 
1901-02 
Dec. 
23 
Mar. 5 
April 
11 
— 
1902-03 
Dec. 
20 
Mar. 3 
April 
7 
35 days 
1903-04 
Dec. 
21 
Mar. 20 
May 
30 
41 days 
Ficus asperrima, 
Roxb. ; Pera¬ 
deniya. 
Tree A. 
31 
1901-02 
Dec. 
4 
Dec. 28 
Dec. 
2 days 
Very irregular 
1902-03 
INov. 
28 
Dec. 24 
Jan. 
12 
7 days 
at Peradeniya, 
1903-04 
Dec. 
1 
Dec. 26 
Jan. 
2 
6 days 
and may be de¬ 
foliated once or 
Peradeniva. 
twice in twelve 
Tree B. 
months. 
1902 
Mar. 
4 
Mar. 10 
Mar. 
18 
7 days 
1903 j 
Mar. 
2 
Mar. 9 
Mar. 
17 
7 days 
Oct. 
1 
Oct. 8 
Oct. 
11 
2 days 
1904 
iMay 
30 
June 18 
June 
26 
7 days 
1905 
1 Jan. 
3 
Mar. 20 
Mar. 
26 
1 5 days 
