DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES 391 
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. 
SIDA RHOMBIFOLIA L. UALIS-UALISAN. 
Local names: Basbasot (Bontoc); singitan, takkit-vaca, nangnangisit 
(Union); sinutan (Cagayan); takim-vaca (Pangasinan); takling-vdca 
(Pangasinan, Batanes Islands) ; walis-uwalisan (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 flowers 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 LAMPAS D. and G. MaRAKAPAS. 
Local names: Amagéng (Nueva Ecija); bulak-bulakan (Tagalog) ; dal- 
dallupang, marataréng (loko, Abra, Itneg) ; kapas-kdpas (Union) ; kastule 
(Tagalog) ; marakapas (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 LOBATA Linn. (Plate XXVI). KOLLOKOLLOT. 
Local names: Afulut (Gaddan in Nueva Vizcaya); anonongkot, barang- 
got (Bikol); dalupan, kalut-kalitan, kolot-kolotan, kulutkulitan (Bataan, 
Tagalog, Bisaya, Culion Island) ; kollokoll6t (Amburayan, Ilocos Sur, Pan- 
gasinan, Nueva Vizcaya, Tarlac); kollolot (Abra); kulat, kulét (Panga- 
sinan) ; kullukullik (Iloko in Isabela) ; mangkit (Tayabas) ; poot-si-nuang 
(Isinai in Nueva Vizcaya); puriket (Abra). 
