DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES 83 



The leaves are alternate, 5 to 8 centimeters long, somewhat 

 heart-shaped, and with notched margins. The flowers are yellow 

 and about 1 centimeter in diameter. 



SI DA RHOMB I FOLIA L. Ualis-UALISAN. 



Local names: Basbdsot (Bontoc) ; shigitan, takkit-vcica, nangnangisit 

 (Union); sinutan (Cag-ayan) ; takim-vdca (Pangasinan) ; taklhig-vdca 

 (Pangasinan, Batanes Islands); uaUs-ualisan (Bataan). 



This species yields a good fiber to which considerable attention 

 has been paid in India and other countries. It is claimed that 

 the fiber is too good to be used as a substitute for jute. For the 

 literature on this subject see Watt's '^Commercial products of 

 India" and the bulletins of the Imperial Institute. 



Sida rhombifolia is an erect, branched shrub 0.5 to 1.3 meters 

 in height. The leaves are alternate, 1 to 4 centimeters long, the 

 apex pointed or rounded, the lower surface covered with very 

 short, pale hairs, the margins toothed. The fiowers occur singly 

 in the axils of the leaves; the corolla is yellow and 1.5 to 1.8 

 centimeters in diameter. 



This species is common in open waste places throughout the 

 Philippines. 



Genus THESPESIA 



THESPESIA LAM PAS Cav. Marakapas. 



Local names: Amagong (Nueva Ecija) ; bulak-buldkan (Tagalog); dal- 

 dallupang, maratarong (Iloko, Abra, Itneg) ; kapas-kdpas (Union) ; kastule 

 (Tag-alog) ; inarakdpas (Amburayan, Abra, Zambales). 



Rope made from the bast of this species is very weak. King 

 says that it moulds readily. He found it to have a tensile 

 strength of 268 kilos per square centimeter, which wetting 

 increased about 8 per cent. 



Thespesia lampas is an erect, slightly branched shrub, 2 or 3 

 meters in height. The leaves are alternate, somewhat three- 

 lobed or nearly entire, 10 to 20 centimeters long, and somewhat 

 hairy. The flowers are large, 6 to 8 centimeters long, and yellow 

 with a purple center. The fruit is an ovoid capsule about 3 

 centimeters long. 



This species is widely distributed in Luzon and the Visayan 

 Islands. 



Genus URENA 



URENA LOB AT A Linn. (Plate XXVI). Kollokollot. 



Local names: Afulut (Gaddan in Nueva Vizcaya) ; anonongkot, barang- 

 got (Bikol) ; daliipan, kalut-kalutan, kolot-kolotan, kulutkulutan (Bataan, 

 Tagalog, Bisaya, Culion Island) ; kollokollot (Amburayan, Ilocos Sur, Pan- 

 gasinan, Nueva Vizcaya, Tarlac) ; kollolot (Abra) ; kuldt, kulet (Panga- 

 sinan) ; kullukulluk (Iloko in Isabela) ; mangkit (Tayabas) ; poot-si-nuang 

 (Isinai in Nueva Vizcaya) ; puriket (Abra). 



