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reproduction of this and other deciduous trees is reported to be suffering in 

 consequence, though it is plentiful near cultivation and along the sides of 

 roads where heavy weed-growth is kept down. Mr. Tireman notes that in 

 the Coorg ghats it probably owes its existence to fires, as the deciduous forest 

 is almost certainly due to the humri cultivation which has killed all the ever- 

 green trees which must formerly have covered the locality. This would 

 fiu-t her indicate that newly exposed ground, such as that obtained by shifting 

 cultivation, is a favourable factor, as it is in the case of light winged seeds 

 and fruits in general. 



PtATE OF GROW'TH. The following table shows the rate of growth in 

 diameter, based on the results of ring-countings recorded in working plans of 

 the North Kanara district, Bombay : 



Terminalia paniculata : growth in diameter in high forests of the North 



Kanara district, Bombay. 



Note. Diameter excludes bark. 

 0-6 in. in Sopinhosalli high forest. 



Average bark thickness 0-4 in. in Ankola high forest and Kalinaddi sic 



^ Measurements by I). A. Thomson. 

 ^ Measurements by P. E. Aitchison. 



2 Measurements by R. S. Pearson. 



As regards coppice, the following measurements by Mr. H. A. Gass in 

 the Kadike block of the South Canara district, Madras, were recorded in 



1898-9 : 



Terminalia 'paniculata : coppice measurements, 8outh Canara. 



