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Albizzia Lebbek .—The trees are partially leafless for some 
time in the hot season ; leaves produced in March and April, 
and sometimes a second flush in autumn. 
Albizzia odoratissima.— The trees are never quite leafless, 
but partially so ; abundance of new foliage is produced in 
spring. 
Albizzia procera is never quite leafless ; the new foliage 
appears in April and May. 
Gratœva Roxburghii. —The old leaves may remain until 
the flowers appear ; the tree is usually bare for some time, and 
the young leaves appear with or without flowers in April 
and May. 
Erythrina indica. —The old leaves are shed in autumn, 
young leaves produced in March and April, and flowers 
issue while the tree is leafless. 
G-melinaarborea.— The leaves fall from February to April, 
new leaves issue in April and May, and the flowers appear 
generally while the tree is leafless. 
Stereospermum cheloniodes. —Leaves fall in February and 
March, and new ones are produced in April. 
Terminalia Belerica. —Leaves fall in February and March, 
and new foliage issues in April. 
The periodicities of the following species found in various 
parts of India and described in the section dealing with 
indigenous species in Ceylon are also of interest. 
Sterculia colorata. —In the forests along the outer valleys 
of the Himalaya, Burma, and in the dry deciduous forests it 
is leafless during the winter, flowers appear in March and 
April, and young leaves appear with or soon after the flowers. 
Flacourtia Ramontchi. —On rocky hills and in open warm 
localities throughout India; sheds its leaves in January and 
February, and the tree remains bare until spring, the new 
leaves appearing in March and sometimes in May. 
Chloroxylon Swietenia.—' This is common in the Satpura 
range, Dekkan, and the Konkan ; it produces its new leaves 
in May, at about the time the old leaves fall. 
