BOTANY OF BIHAR. AND ORIS 



'!', .','! .,iil I)..- -.n in the chapter on thee 



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the adjacent Nepal .Mountain:-. This also applies to the north-east 

 ,,, , |„ii tint Mir latter la-ks tin- vp ial utdshme plants and more 



. , s. i j- , „« lading the ea«t of the II. 



the north-east tract of the Northern 

 tu -e the whole Santal Parganas district 



< i.,.ie,i ,;;''", I, 1 ! 1 ;,' 



a rdnf alllf 60" a ' Lblue,j«tt« 



.-.. l» !M ,alla and Baud, have probably a rand ill 

 of 60" and a gre |JsSltoSl 



, th fcbeexc* p a.pstheSonpur- 



( 

 a complete absen. • • **> ab J?^ W? 



common to°Chit t I ' « temperature 



probably accounts tor the audi, and it may 



well. The Sonpur-Patna belt, including pari ■ >• samhalpm aim 

 perhaps Kalahandi. has i • han the rest of 



the Southern traet. and i ■■■. .- hern tract plants 



disappear. The er and the range of tempera- 



ture in Sambalpur. although frost is absent, is greater than that of 

 any other district excepting perhaps Gaya and Palamau. 



81. The climate is of the monsoon type, and is characterized 



the middle of October to the middle of February, a dry and hot season 

 from the middle of February to usually some time in May or June, 

 andawarmwet season from -line or July to September. The rain- 

 in the north becomes'detlected by the Himalayas and sweeps Up the 



varies to a considerable decree according to the position of any place 

 relative to the mountain masses and its proximity to the Bay. On 



