XIV, 6 King: Philippine Bast-fiber Ropes 611 
TaBLE XXIII—Physical tests of rope made from the bast of Columbia 
blancoi. 
[Rope made at Disdis, Benguet Subprovince.] 
Mean diameter: 
Millimeters 13.7 
Inches 0.54 
Mean perimeter, or girth: 
Millimeters 43 
Inches 1.69 
True mean sectional area: 
Square millimeters 115.2 
Square inches 0.179 
Ultimate tensile strength (dry): 
Mean in kilograms . 347 
Maximum in kilograms 402 
Minimum in kilograms 281 
Mean in pounds 765 
Maximum in pounds 885 
Minimum in pounds 620 
Ultimate tensile strength (wet): 
Mean in kilograms 352 
Maximum in kilograms 376 
Minimum in kilograms 315 
Mean in pounds 776 
Maximum in pounds 830 
Minimum in pounds 695 
Mean ultimate tensile strength per unit area (dry): 
Kilograms per. square centimeter 302 
Pounds per square inch , 4,270 
Mean ultimate tensile strength per unit area (wet): 
Kilograms per square centimeter 306 
Pounds per square inch 4,340 
Mean elongation at instant of rupture: 
Dry (per cent) 13 
Wet (per cent) 15 
Mean weight per unit length: 
Grams per meter 98.7 
Pounds per foot 0.0663 - 
Average breaking length: 
Meters 8,510 
Feet. 11,500 
Moisture (per cent) 11.96 
CORCHORUS OLITORIUS Linn. Saluyut or Jute. 
Common names: Calcutta flax, gunny, Indian grass, Jew’s mallow, jute, 
melochia (English); chanvre de Calcutta, fil de jute, jute, mauve de juif 
(French) ; Bengalhanf, Gemiisepappel, indischer Flachs, Judenhanf, Juden- 
pappel, Jute, Kalkuttanhanf, Meluchia, Muskraut, Paathanf (German) ; yute 
(Spanish). . 
Local names: Pasau (Tagalog), Zambales); saliiyot, saliiyut or saléyot 
(Ilocos Sur, Pangasinan, Union); tagabang (Visayan, Manila); taka ma- 
ginddénau, yaka (Cotabato). 
