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Many of the better mats and fancy articles are decorated 

 with red buri strips. The use of the latter material is, 

 however, not advisable as it is not strong and wears out 

 long before the pandan shows signs of use. 



PANDANS OF MINOR UTILITY. 

 BARIU. 



(Pandanus copelandii.) 



Bariu, boreo, boreu, buruiu (Albay) ; baleo, balewe or baliu, balio 

 (Bohol, Capiz, Romblon, Surigao) ; baleau (Occidental Negros) ; 

 baloy, baroy (Agusan, Sui'igao) ; bareu (Samar) ; lagutlut (La- 

 guna). Also collected by B. of S. in Benguet, Cagayan, Minda- 

 nao, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan, Zambales. 



This pandan is widely distributed throughout the Philip- 

 pines, occurring from Cagayan, Luzon, to southern Min- 

 danao. It is from 3 to 9 m. in height. The leaves are 

 about 2 m. long and 8 cm. wide and are provided with 

 spines along the margins. These spines are coarse and 

 relatively distant near the base of the leaf, but fine and close 

 together near the tip. The fruit forms a cylindric head 7 

 to 12 cm. long and 5 to 7 cm. across, at first pale yellowish 

 in appearance but soon turning red. From three to five 

 heads occur on the fruit stalk. 



TABOAN. 



(Pandanus dubius.) 



Taboan (Surigao); bacong (Bohol). Also reported from Davao, 

 Mindanao. 



Brief mention is here made of a rather rare species of 

 pandan {Pandanus dubius), so far reported to the Bureau 

 of Education only from Surigao and Bohol. This pandan 

 attains a height of 8 m., has leaves from 2 to 3 m. in length 

 and 20 cm. in width, and drupes 8 to 13 cm. long and 5 to 8 

 cm. wide. 



ALAS AS. 



(Pandanus luzonensis.) 

 Alasas (Rizal, Zambales) ; dasa (Rizal) ; pandan de China (Bulacan). 



The pandan known as alasas occurs in Bulacan, Bataan, 

 and other provinces. The leaves of this pandan are 

 narrower than those of Pandanus tectorius. 



