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quick grower, so plentiful in some localities as to be con- 

 sidered a "weed," there is no reason why it should not 

 become a more active factor in the rope market. 



TONGTONKING. 



{Helicteres hirsuta.) 



Tongtonking (Amburayan) ; kakaag (Abra). 



This shrub is readily recognized by its shaggy, beaked 

 capsule, cylindrical in shape, and from 3 to 5 cm. in length. 

 One-half of the base of the leaf is round while the other 

 is not. The leaves are rarely longer than 15 cm., hairy on 

 the upper surface, soft and downy on the lower, and borne 

 on petioles about 2 to 3 cm. long. The margins are 

 unequally serrated. The species occurs throughout the 

 Philippines. 



TANAG. 



(Kleinhofia hospita.) 



Tanag (T., Vis.) (Albay, Batangas, Bulacan, Capiz, Iloilo, Nueva 

 Ecija, Sorsogon, Tarlac) ; bafe nga bunsung (Gad. in Nueva 

 Vizcaya) ; biknong (Zambal. in Zambales) ; bitnong (Abra, 

 Camarines, Ilocos Norte, II. in Nueva Vizcaya, Tarlac) ; hamita- 

 nago (Vis.); panampat, pampar (Pampanga). 



This small tree is very common throughout the Philip- 

 pines, is well known, and is often used when rope is wanted 

 for domestic purposes. 



The leaves of the tree are usually heart-shaped, broad, 

 and from 10 to 20 cm. long. From 5 to 7 veins radiate 

 from the dent of the heart. The flowers of the panicles 

 are pink, very small, and with sepals longer than petals. 

 The capsules are about 2 cm. long. 



