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 CONTENTS. 



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Chapter I. Introductory 13 



Ii; Ferns 17 



III. Pandans 25 



IV. Grasses >■ 33 



V. The Bamboos 44 



VI. Sedges and similar plants 53 



VII. Palms 66 



VIII. Rattans 88 



IX. Vines 93 



X. Plants with leaf or petiole fibers of commercial 



value 103 



XI. Miscellaneous industrial fibers 112 



XII. Philippine bast fibers 116 



Appendix 125 



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