512 WRIGHT : FOLIAR PgnlODICITV 
°“‘ e i r treeS ° f Spondia8 mangifera hare been 
nnder observation, and in only one case were there anv 
ST" di ®~ iD «» P«*odicity C Z 
tree does not commence to shed its 
t^aT “ De ° emWa when most other 
28th March. *** ^ “ “ ,nU flowsr and frnit on the 
accooot i of a il! d „ elydi8tribDted «• noticeable on 
of this species character - The tree8 
and remain leafless durfo ^ dnrtng December 
flowers aiwav. 4 8 Jannal 'y and February. The 
on«ir/;i p r r :*? the «* „* 
prodn^d* It “ hetC “ ‘° ng that — - 
sr--- , SL'ir^ 
a 8pecie9 dis - 
on^Z T m t sh e „w° e a 8r0WS rela * lTe1 ^ fl ni " k 'y e8r iC d soMy 
Poradeniya a e T P 81 def ° liation ia February at 
second and third years f ro TF 8 h° W9d defoliation in their 
Mahon on very old tml T* *° March ' The def °- 
December,January^aldptr* **" ^ leaVeS M during 
trees usually possess noth* fUary ’ and ln tbe last month the 
last year’s fruitsTnaUr a ” 8 bey ° nd mat ™ *™«* The 
wh ite cotton while the^ 18P6r8e their Beeds emb edded in 
baricumj; often, howev^^ leafless W* Bombax mala- 
last year’s fruits have disarll^ leaVe8 appear before tbe 
tbe flowers n8na n7~ Tbe new leaves appear 
leaflet period of from two Pnl May ’ after a 
At He 8lX Wee ks. 
those observS at ^ ^ periodicities agree with 
gamnwa m any trees lya; ln the Province of Sabara- 
^ ess towards the end of May; 
