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WRIGHT : FOLIAR PERIODICITY 
3.—Ceylon, India, Malaya, and China, &c. 
Leap-fall. 
New 
Leafless 
Phase. 
Com¬ 
menced. 
Finished.ji 
leaves 
appeared. 
Remarks. 
Adenanthera 
pavonina, L.; 
Peradeniya. 
1901-02 
October 
Nov. 6 
Dec. 8 
31 days 
The tree re¬ 
1902- 03 
Oct. 12 
Nov. 1 
Dec. 10 
38 days 
gains new fo¬ 
liage very 
1903-04 
August 
Oct. 28 
Nov. 20 
22 days 
1904-05 
October 
Dec. 
J anuary 
slowly and is 
rarely in full 
new leaf be¬ 
fore the end 
of February. 
Cassia Fistula, 
L. ; Pera- 
deniya. 
1902 
Jan. 4 
Feb. 24 
Mar. 10 
13 days 
Trees were in 
1903 
Jan. 10 
Feb. 27 
Mar. 18 
18 days 
full flower at 
1904 
Jan. 5 
Mar. 3 
Mar. 28 
24 days 
Anuradhapu- 
1905 
Jan. 2 
Feb. 27 
March 
ra and Dam- 
bulla on Sep¬ 
tember 1, 
1902. 
Ficus hispida, 
l. ; 
Feb. 
March 
March 
— 
Ficus retusa, 
L. ; Vavu- 
niya. 
1902 
March 
March 
do. 
— 
Lagerstrcemia 
Flos-reginæ, 
Retz. ; Pera¬ 
deniya. 
Tree A. 
1901-02 
Dec. 5 
Jan. 24 
Feb. 20 
26 days 
In the open ; 
1902-03 
Dec. 
Jan. 3 
Feb. 5 
32 days 
not shaded. 
1903-04 
Dec. 10 
Jan. 8 
Feb. 1 
23 days 
1904-05 
Tree B. 
Dec. 15 
Jan. 
Feb. 
1901-02 
Nov. 16 
Feb. 
Dec. 18 
— 
The tree be¬ 
1902-03 
Nov. 1 
do. 
Dec. 2 
— 
comes nearly 
1903-04 
Oct. 11 
January 
Oct. 28 
leafless in De¬ 
1904-05 
Nov. 20 
. 
1 
cember. It 
is not in full 
leaf until the 
end of Feb¬ 
ruary. 
