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as the strip method. All through the \^ork botanical collections were 

 made, by felling trees if necessary, in order to check up the identifications. 

 Thus such identifications as were made were checked up in Manila and 

 those that could not be made were determined by systematic botanists. 

 Thus a fair idea was obtained of the composition of the forest.^ 



Tables VI and VII show the stand of timber on two types on the 

 Mindoro delta plain. (All trees over 40 centimeters were measured.) 



Table VI. — Narra type (average of 2S.Jf hectares.) 



Scientific name. 



Common name. 



Dipterocarpaceak: 



Pentacmi: coiitorta Merr. & Rolfe 



Shorm jjuino Blume 



Dipterocarpus sp. 



Dipteroearpiis affinis Brandis 



Total Diplerocarpaceac 



Lkguminosae: 

 Pterocarpus indiciis Willd. 



Anacardiaceae: 

 Koorderdodendron pinnalum Merr. 

 Dmrontomelum dao Merr. & Rolfe._ 



Meliaceae? 



Combretaceae: 



Terminalia pellucida Presl 



Terminulia nitens Presl 



Terminalia edidia Blanco 



Amuguis — 

 Dao 



Agupanga? 



Malagabi.. 



Sacat 



Calumpit _. 



Bur.seraceae: 

 Canarium luzonicum A. Gray 

 Canariiim r'illosum F.-Vill. — 



T'LMaceae: 



CV/Z/Vsp Malaguibuyo. 



All others': 



Total 



per , 

 hectare. | 



14.811 

 4.243 



White lauan__ 



Guijo 



Apitong 2.555 



Hagachac .450 



22. 059 



Pili I 



Pagsahinguin ( 



3. 126 

 21.498 



Per 

 cent. I 



22.23 



3. S3 

 .68 



.11 



7.06 

 5.10 



7.07 



32.26 

 100 



° For a more detailed statement of the composition and character of this forest 

 see Merritt, M. L. and Whitford, H. N. A Preliminary Working Plan for the 

 Public Forest Tract of the Mindoro Lumber and Logging Company, Bongabon, 

 Mindoro, P. I. Bureau of Forestry (Philip.) Bulletin 6 (1906) 1-5.5. 



"See Merritt & Whitford I. c, 53-55, for list. 



