LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



I*LATE I. Spiny bamboo (Bambusa blumeana) Frontispiece. 



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IL Nito (Lygodium cirdnnatum) 16 



III. Nito {Lygodium flexuosum) 20 



Kilog (Gleichenia linearis) 20 



IV. Gleichenia linearis 22 



V. Common pandan {Pandanus tectorius) 26 



VI. Flower of sabutan 26 



Fruit of Pandanus tectorius 26 



Fruit of Pandanus utilissimus 26 



VII. Sabutan (Pandanus sabotan) 28 



VIII. Karagumoy (Pandanus simplex) 30 



Pandan of Majayjay (Pandanus utilissimus) 30 



IX. Vetiver (Andropogon zizanioides) 34 



X. Ischaemum angustifolium 38 



XI. Phragmites vulgaris 40 



XII. Thysanolaena maxima 42 



XIII. The basal portion of Bambusa blumeana 46 



XIV. Bambusa vulgaris var. striata 48 



XV. Cyperus malaccensis 54 



XVI. Fimbristylis utilis 58 



XVII. Juncus effusus 60 



XVIII. Scirpus mucronatus 62 



XIX. Cat-tail (Typha angustifolia) 64 



XX. Coconut palms 66 



XXI. Areca nut palms 66 



A young Dumayaca palm (Arenga mindorensis) 66 



XXII. The sugar palm (Arenga saccharif era) 68 



XXIII. Fruit of the sugar palm 70 



XXIV. Young buri palm (Corypha elata) 72 



XXV. Buri palm and fishtail palm 74 



XXVI. Buri palm in flower 78 



XXVn. Buntal fibers 80 



XXVIII. Cultivated nipa swamp 84 



XXIX. Nipa fruit 86 



XXX. A rattan seedling 88 



XXXI. Calamus mollis (male inflorescence) 88 



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