DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES 339 
outer covering removed. They are then put in boiling water 
for about twenty minutes, after which they are dried in the sun 
for two or three days. The stalks are then scraped with a 
sharp knife until smooth and clean. Brooms are also occa- 
sionally made from the stalks. The leaves are sometimes used 
for thatching. 
Vetiver oil is obtained from this grass. 
Andropogon zizanioides is a coarse, tufted grass 1 to 2 meters 
in height. It is commonly planted on the dikes of rice fields 
and is frequently abundant in uncultivated rice lands, especially 
in low, damp soil. It is sometimes planted on river banks to 
prevent erosion. 
This species is widely distributed in the settled areas of the 
Archipelago. 
Genus APLUDA 
APLUDA MUTICA L. KURUKAUAYAN. 
Local names: Kauakauayan (Rizal); kolokauayan (Laguna); kuruka- 
udyan (Camarines); magkaudyan (Bohol); maykaudyan (Samar). 
The stalks of this grass are occasionally utilized for making 
hats, but such hats never or seldom enter even the local trade. 
_Apluda mutica is a tall, erect or half climbing, somewhat 
slender grass 1 to 2 meters in height. The stems are smooth, 
branched, and solid. The leaves are 10 to 30 centimeters long, 
5 to 10 centimeters wide, pointed at the apex and with a narrow 
base. The spikes are about 8 millimeters long and green or 
purplish. 
This grass is widely distributed in the Philippines in thickets. 
Genus COIX 
COIX LACHRYMA-JOBI L. TiGBi OR JoB’S TEARS. 
Local names: Abzukai (Palaui Island); adldi (Bicol); agagai (Batanes 
Islands) ; agldi (Misamis) ; apagi (Lepanto) ; attakai (Bontoc) ; balantakan 
(Pampanga); bintikdi, burubayoké (Bikol); dumau (Cebu); kalabugau 
(Bukidnon) ; kambot (Abra); katigbi (Bohol) ; kolddsan (Bikol) ; kudldsan 
(Polillo, Balabac Island) ; palids (Mindoro) ; puyds, lamudids or alimudids 
(Negros Occidental); pintakd (Bikol, Bisaya); tigbi (Samar, Bukidnon, 
Camarines, Laguna, Manila, Rizal, Batangas, Bontoc) ; tigbikai (Bikol). 
The chief value of this coarse grass is in the hard fruits. 
These are gathered and strung as beads, sometimes used as 
rosaries, sometimes in making bead curtains, or on various 
kinds of ornamental baskets, trays, etc. 
This species is widely distributed in the settled areas of the 
Philippines. It is probably not a native of the Archipelago, but 
of prehistoric introduction. ; 
