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DISTRIBUTION. 



It is found in wet or swampy land and will often grow 

 in rice paddies after the rice harvest. 



PREPARATION. 



The Albay Industrial Bulletin No. 4, of December, 1911, 

 gives this information on the preparation of the sedge: 



The stalk is dried in the shade for a few days before using. 

 For making screens, it is best to cut it into strips of as uniform 

 width as possible. For making sleeping mats, one of the sides of 

 the stalk is cut or stripped off. For making ordinary baskets the 

 whole stalk is used, one of the sides of the stalk being pressed or 

 flattened down upon one of the other two. For making raffia coiled 

 baskets, this sedge may be used in place of rattan (for foundation). 



USES. 



The sedge is sometimes used in the Bicol Provinces for 

 sleeping mats, sandals, baskets, and screens. 



SCIRPUS spp. 

 TICOG. 



{Scirpus erectus.) 

 Ticog, tayoc-tayoc (Occidental Negros). 



Scirpus erectus has spikelets, solitary or from three to 

 five in number, occurring laterally several centimeters from 

 the top of the stalk. The spikelets, as a rule, are smaller 

 and the whole stem is shorter, narrower, and much finer 

 than that of biluan (5. mucronatus). The plant grows in 

 wet lands throughout the Philippines and flowers more or 

 less during the whole year. 



TIQUIO. 



(Scirpus grossus.) 



Tiquio (Rizal) ; agas (Albay) ; baga-as (Occidental Negros) ; bagui- 

 bagui (Capiz) ; balangot (Camarines, Capiz). 



Scirpus grossus is sometimes used for mats. It must, 

 however, be classed as a rather poor material for this pur- 

 pose as its stalks are three-cornered, coarse, wide, and thick. 

 It bears flowers from May till November in numerous brown 

 spikelets on a much-branching stalk. 



The plant is found in fresh-water swamps and along 

 streams throughout the Philippines. 



