IN CEYLON. 
495 
1.—Ceylon and India. 
Leap-fall. 
New 
Leafless 
Phase. 
Com¬ 
menced. 
Finished. 
Leaves 
produced. 
Remarks. 
Chloroxylon 
Swietenia,D.C.; 
Peradeniya. 
1902 
Feb. 27 
Mar. 7 
Mar. 11 
3 days 
Flower buds 
1903 
Feb. 6 
Mar. 19 
Mar. 24- 
4 days 
appear just 
1904 
February 
Mar. 9 
Mar. 27 
15 days 
before the 
1905 
Jan. 8 
Mar. 4 
Mar. 17 
12 days 
new leaves. 
Another tree showed in 1901 and 1902 a heavy fall of old 
leaf in February and production of flowers and leaves in 
March. This tree also showed a minor activity in leaf 
production during the north-east monsoon in November and 
December. 
1 .—Ceylon and India. 
Leaf-fall. 
New 
Leafless 
Period. 
Com¬ 
menced. 
Finished. 
Leaves 
appeared. 
1903 
Jan. 30 
J une, 5 
Mar. 1 
1904 
1905 
Ficus bengalen- 
sis, L. ; Pera¬ 
deniya. 
Feb. 3 
Feb. 12 
June 9 
July 
Mar. 2 
Mar. 4 
1902 
Feb. 5 
June 3 
Mar. 5 
, " 
1 
During each of the years 1902-05 this tree commenced to 
drop its leaves first on the eastern side only, and the leafless 
twigs on that side put on a full complement of new leaves 
before leaf-fall commenced on the western side. 
