BASSIA 



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many of the roots being superficial. It is capable of thriving on poor dry 

 ground, where, however, it is apt to suffer, sometimes severely, in times of 

 abnormal di'ought. It is ordinarily frost-hardy, but in the severe frost of 



Fig. 246. Bassia latifolia. Seedling x |. 

 a, seed ; h-f, germination stages ; g, h, development of seedling during first season ; i, seedling 



early in second season, 



1905 it suffered to some extent in northern India. In its younger stages it 

 is very liable to be browsed by deer and cattle. It is a strong light-demander, 

 becoming readily suppressed under shade. It coppices fairly well if cut in 

 the dry season, but not in the rains. In some localities the tree suffers greatly 

 from the attacks of Loranthus ; this is particularly the case in some parts of 



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