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Color.—In determining the color of the bast fibers discussed 
in this paper the color nomenclature of Ridgway '* was used. 
Length of bast strips.—In order to ascertain the average 
length of the bast strips, or ribbons, constituting the ropes 
tested, a 6-meter section was untwisted and measured. In Table 
VII are given the maximum, minimum, and mean lengths of 
the strips of bast from twenty-one species. 
TABLE VII.—Length of crude bast strips composing some of the ropes tested. 
Length. Mean of 
five 
Fiber. strips 
Maxi- Mini- meas- 
mum. mum. ured. 
‘ mm. mm. mm, 
Abroma fastuosa; unretted bast---- ee eee a it seee 912 356 675 
Pterocymbium tinctorium.....------------------------------------- 8, 113 305 | 1,889 
Steroulia. cracsivwmed..-. 3.55. os SS oe ee 8, 010 277 1,890 
Stdevulitk Obioneata. oe a oe eee angen 8, 066 184 2,111 
| Wileweiilies Reese oo ons es cascyseacedascuesanioebetemaness 1,036 235 767 
| Stereulia stipularis; forma -..----.-.------------------------------ 1,248 206 980 
| Bombyeidendron vidalianwm....-.---.---------------------+------ 990 300 657 
| Thespesia lampas..----------- SE oN Oe 1,555 542 | 1,208 
Geena lobate 25. 6525 es Z 1, 950 176 1,118 
Covahonaw slitorbeia 5. ooo sc5 os ice ices kode sd 1, 668 198 | 1,186 
Cpt aN ee eee 1, 592 290 | 1,004 
iil SON esa 1,343 346} 1,060 
Grewia multiflora... .- po ee Sere ee ee eo 2, 476 1,482; 2,104 
Arlocarpus oonmiainid 25k SSS 927 160 610 
Wacith hoki. a a ak ccc 1, 388 1,058 | 1,227 
Ficus forstenii eS 5 1, 095 346 738 
Picts Sicilia So as as cs seed cance 1, 884 239 838 
Ficus palawanensis_... = a 1, 240 325 821 
Gnetum sp ee yea re ne ee ie De cs aC oka nua 851 239 503 
Bombazx ceiba PERSE GRRE So OEM oa ret ere 1,595 308 967 
Gontothalamus amiugon. 330. o a ke iu 1, 063 295 794 
The strongest rope, Gnetum sp., is made of bast strips having 
the shortest length, which shows that even with these lengths 
the resistance to slipping is greater than the actual strength 
of the fiber in the other cases. 
LOCAL PHILIPPINE NAMES 
Most of the local Philippine names of the species yielding 
bast fiber recorded in this paper were obtained from the de- 
scriptive labels accompanying botanical specimens in the Bureau 
“ Ridgway, R., Color Standards and Color Nomenclature. Published 
by the author in Washington, D. C. (1912). 
