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will select the flower stalks of some grasses * and make 

 them into a hat for himself or some member of his family. 

 They never, or at least very seldom, enter even local trade. 

 Filipinos sometimes use grasses ^ with light feathery tops 

 as wall ornaments, or put these grasses in vases for 

 decorative purposes. 



' Calamutian (Apluda mutica) : Calamutian (Pampanga) ; may- 

 cauyan (Samar). 



Palagtiqui (Eleusine indica) : Palagtiqui (Occidental Negros) ; 

 gagabutan (Tarlac) ; sabung-sabungan (Pampanga). 



Sigburon {Ophiurus corymbosus) : Sigburon (Camarines). 

 'Sale ayup (Eragrostis tenella) : Sale ayup (Pampanga). 

 Pugad maya {Eragrostis viscosa) : Pugad maya (Cavite). 



