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USES. 



The splints are excellent weavers for coiled baskets. They 

 can also be used with success in belts. The schools of 

 Laguna learned the use of the material from its employment 

 now and in former times on rice baskets for decorative 

 purposes. 



ALOLOKDO. 



{Nephrolepis hirsutula.) 



Alolokdo (Albay, Mindoro) ; korokalasag (Sorsogon). Collected also 

 by B. of S. in Abra, Laguna, Mindoro, Occidental Negros, Rizal, 

 Tayabas, Zamboanga. 



The leaves of this fern are from 30 to 120 cm. long and 

 8 to 15 cm. wide. The leaflets (pinnse), numerous and close 

 together, usually have a toothed margin. They are at first 

 more or less hairy on both surfaces, which later become 

 smooth. The spores of this fern are borne on or very near 

 the margin of the undersurface of the leaflets. 



DISTRIBUTION. 



The fern is found in dry thickets and is widely distributed 

 throughout the Philippines. 



PREPARATION. 



To obtain the flbers, the stem is cracked and the inner 

 fibers are pulled out. They are at first white in color but 

 soon turn brown. 



USES. 



The fibers can be used for hats, mats, and baskets. 



JAGNAYA. 



(Stenochlaena palustris.) 



Jagnaya (Sorsogon) ; agnaya (Palawan) ; hagnaya (Capiz, Hollo, 

 Laguna). Collected also by B. of S. in Butuan, Davao, Leyte, 

 Surigao, Tayabas. 



This fern occurs in the Philippines from Luzon to Davao, 

 chiefly in thickets and in lowlands near the sea. The 



