509 
IN CEYLON. 
The following synopsis for the tree at Peradeniya is here 
given :— 
Leaf-fall. 
New 
Com¬ 
menced. 
Finished. 
Leaves 
appeared, 
IlGâfifiSS 
Phase. 
1900-01 
1902 
1902- 03 
1903- 04 
1904- 05 
August 
Aug. 26 
Aug. 10 
Aug. 30 
Aug. 15 
October 
Oct. 1 
Oct. 25 
Nov. 28 
Nov. 12 
January 
Dec. 2 
Jan. 10 
Feb. 7 
Jan. 3 
31 days 
76 days 
70 days 
51 days 
7.—Ceylon, India, Malaya, and Tropical Africa, &c. 
Leaf-fall. 
New 
Leafless 
Phase. 
I 
Com¬ 
menced. 
Finished. 
Leaves 
appeared. 
Remarks. 
Albizzia Leb- 
bek, Benth. ; 
Peradeniya. 
1902 
Jan. 6 
Mar. 3 
Jan. 14 
At Yavuniya 
1902-03 
Dec. 
— 
— 
— 
trees shed 
Bauhinia to- 
mentosa. L. 
1902 
Feb. 24 
April 
April ... 
their leaves 
in March, 
1902. 
Flowered in 
1903 
March 
April 
April ... 
— 
April, 1902. 
Sterculia fœtida, L.—Observed trees at Peradeniya begin 
to shed their leaves on the 5th February, becoming leafless 
on the 14th, and remaining so for several days or even over 
one week. Other trees in the same district pass through 
their leafless phase during March. 
At Elkaduwa in the Matale District trees may be seen just 
bursting into new leaf and flower in the first week in April. 
The flowers appear just before the leaves at a time when the 
tree is leafless. 
8.—Ceylon, India, and East Africa. 
Sapium indicum , Willd. ; Peradeniya,—The leaves be¬ 
come discoloured in the latter part of December, and the 
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