IN CEYLON. 
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5.—Ceylon, India, and Java. 
Leaf-fall. 
New 
Leafless 
Remarks. 
Com¬ 
menced. 
Finished. 
Leaves 
appeared. 
Phase. 
Artocarpus 
Lakoocha, 
Roxb.; Pera- 
deniya. 
1901-02 
Dec. 3 
Jan. 20 
Jan. 14 
1902-03 
Nov. 26 
Jan. 24 
Jan. 3 
Ficus callosa, 
Willd.; Pera- 
deniya. 
1902 
Feb. 
Mar. 6 
Mar. 4 
Another tree of 
1903 
March 
April 28 
April 2 
— 
this species 
Schleichera tri- 
juga, Willd.; 
Peradeniya. 
Tree A. 
1902 
Feb. 7 
Mar. 3 
Feb. 24 
showed foliar 
activity in 
August, 1903. 
The flowers 
1903 
Feb. 
Mar. 12 
Feb. 21 
— 
appear with 
1904 
Feb. 19 
Mar. 10 
Feb. 26 
— 
the new lea¬ 
Tree B. 
1902 
Jan. 28 
April 30 
Jan. 31 
ves or imme¬ 
diately after 
them. 
1902-03 
Nov. 8 
May 16 
Jan. 1 
_ 
1903- 04 
1904- 05 
Dec. 10 
Dec. 
April 
Jan. 12 
6.-Ceylon, India, and Africa. 
There is one species belonging to this group of particular 
interest, 
Cratceva Roxburghii , BrPeradeniyct .—This is a very 
slow-growing tree and is very conspicuous on account of 
the slow rate at which the old leaves fall and the new leaves 
appear. 
