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tason, and those further inside the clump, or close to a parent tree, 

 ill get less and less burnt so that even an isolated tree will give rise" 

 ithe course of years to a cone of young growth which gradually 



>l- r ->'- N •"■ ■ '■' (""t.- 11..11 i- ,iI.m,1iu,. on the other hand, 



uni tin- higher altitudes of the mountains, and it is t!, 

 'rests vvliu-h *upp,> I, !,,_,> numbei ,,i s )K . r ies On the other 

 I the bulbous and rhizomatous 



jsponse to the sat 



Flora of the Northern Tract. 

 M. The Gangetic Plain area in view of its geological history migh 

 our Northern 1 



utter is due to local f: 



1 matter of fact, Sal does occur in patch, 



' ' ' ' b Northern tract as in Bhagalpur, both 



