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and 1 to 2 cm. in width and reddish or brown in color. 

 These internodes are then dried, split into halves, quarters, 

 and eighths, and the soft interior removed. The inside 

 part of the splints is then further whittled down until they 

 are very fine. They are then passed between a sharp blade 

 and a smooth piece of glass, on which there is often a fine 

 groove. By pulling the splints between the glass and the 

 blade the reddish epidermis is removed. Unless great care 

 is taken, the epidermis is not always entirely removed and 

 this accounts for the dark streaks seen in rattan hats. The 

 preparation of the splints requires skill and dexterity, for 

 the fine fiber is easily broken when pulled under the knife. 



USES. 



Hats. — The chief use of this species of rattan is for the 

 manufacture of hats. Owing to the fact that it often takes 

 several months to make one rattan hat and that they must 

 be woven preferably evenings or mornings, and because of 

 the skill required to prepare the material, rattan hats are 

 now seldom made and those that are made fetch high prices. 

 Rattan hats are now made perhaps most frequently in 

 Baliuag, Bulacan. 



THE GENUS DAEMONOROPS. 



In many ways this genus is similar to Calamus. A few 

 of the most important differences are the larger diameter 

 of the stem and the fact that the leaf sheaths never bear 

 whiplike ends. The leaf sheaths of the species Calamus 

 may or may not have these whiplike processes. In Dae- 

 mon or o'ps the upper parts of the leaves always end in some 

 sort of an appendage, while in Calamus such appendages 

 are entirely absent. In Dacmonorops the leaflets are usually 

 narrow and pointed, while in Calamus they are variable. 



SAMULIG. 



{Daemonorops gaudichaudii.) 



Samulig, lacaon, ouay babae, ouay na binabae, palasan, parasan, 

 samulig, tikol (Sorsogon) ; bogbog (Tarlac) ; gatasan (Camarines, 

 Capiz, Sorsogon); labnig (Albay, Sorsogon, Tayabas). 



This species of rattan palm is more or less scandent or 

 climbing. The sheathed stem is from 2 to 5 cm. in 



