XIV, 6 King: Philippine Bast-fiber Ropes 601 
TABLE XVIII.—Physical tests of rope made from the bast of Bombyciden- 
dron vidalianwm. 
[Rope made at Langiden, Abra Province.] 
Mean diameter: 
Millimeters 7.0 
Inches 0.28 
Mean perimeter, or girth: 
Millimeters 22 
Inches 0.87 
True mean sectional area: 
_ Square millimeters 31.6 
Square inches 0.049 
Ultimate tensile strength (dry): 
Mean in kilograms 199 
Maximum in kilograms 223 
Minimum in kilograms 175 
Mean in pounds 438 
Maximum in pounds 515 
Minimum in pounds 386 
Ultimate tensile strength (wet): 
Mean in kilograms 148 
Maximum in kilograms 176 
Minimum in kilograms 103 
Mean in pounds 327 
Maximum in pounds 389° 
Minimum in pounds 226 
Mean ultimate tensile strength per unit area (dry): 
Kilograms per square centimeter 630 
Pounds per square inch 8,940 
Mean ultimate tensile strength per unit area (wet): 
Kilograms per square centimeter 468 
Pounds per square inch 6,670 
Mean elongation at instant of rupture: 
Dry (per cent) 12 
Wet (per cent) 14 
Mean weight per unit length: 
Grams per meter 28.6 
Pounds per foot 0.0192 
Average breaking length: ; 
Meters 6,950 
Feet 22,800 ° 
Moisture (per cent) 8.56 
MALACHRA FASCIATA Jack. Paang-baliwis. 
Local names: Annabo (Union); bakembdékes (Ilocano, Itneg); malabi- 
tispapa (Bataan); pdang baliwis (Manila and vicinity, Tagalog, Panga- 
sinan). 
A coarse, suffrutescent, weedy herb, introduced from tropical 
America, with coarsely hairy, palmately lobed leaves and axil- 
lary pink flowers; in and about towns as a weed in waste places 
at low altitudes; locally very abundant. 
