XIV, 6 King: Philippine Bast-fiber Ropes 617 
TABLE XXVI.—Physical tesis of rope made from the bast of Grewia 
eriocarpa. 
[Rope made at Langiden, Abra Province.] 
Mean diameter: 
Millimeters 6.4 
Inches 0.25 
Mean perimeter, or girth: 
Millimeters 20 
Inches 0.79 
True mean sectional area: 
Square millimeters 25.9 
Square inches 0.040 
Ultimate tensile strength (dry): 
Mean in kilograms 102 
Maximum in kilograms 121 
Minimum in kilograms 83 
Mean in pounds 225 
Maximum in pounds 266 
Minimum in pounds 183 
Ultimate tensile strength (wet): 
Mean in kilograms 98.8 
Maximum in kilograms 118 
Minimum in kilograms 64.8 
Mean in pounds 218 
Maximum in pounds 261 
Minimum in pounds 143 
Mean ultimate tensile stregnth per unit area (dry): 
Kilograms per square centimeter 394 
Pounds per square inch 5,630 
Mean ultimate tensile strength per unit area (wet): 
Kilograms per square centimeter 381 
Pounds per square inch 5,450 
Mean elongation at instant of rupture: : 
Dry (per cent) 6 
Wet (per cent) 9 
Mean weight per unit length: 
Grams per meter ae 
Pounds per foot 0.0136 
Average breaking length: 
Meters 5,050 
Feet 16,600 
Moisture (per cent) 8.31 
GREWIA MULTIFLORA Juss. Danglin. 
Local names: Al-alinau (Union) ; alinau (Amburayan, Ilocos Sur, Panga- 
sinan, Sorsogon, Union, and Zambales); anildu (Abra, Benguet, [locos 
Norte, Ilocos Sur, Union, and Pangasinan); aplit (Pampanga); bagokon 
(Guimaras, Mindoro) ; benglaling (Abra); bulubukhén (Guimaras) ; dallag 
(Gaddanes in Nueva Vizcaya); dangli, kalitkalit (Tayabas); dangling 
