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Table XXVI. — Physical tests of rope made from the bast of Grewia 
eriocarpa. 
[Rope made at Langiden, Abra Province.] 
Mean diameter: 
Millimeters 6.4 
Inches 0.25 
Mean perimeter, or girth: 
Millimeters 20 
Inches 0.79 
True mean sectional area: 
Square millimeters 25.9 
Square inches 0.040 
Ultimate tensile strength (dry) : 
Mean in kilograms 102 
Maximum in kilograms 121 
Minimum in kilograms 83 
Mean in pounds 225 
Maximum in pounds 266 
Minimum in pounds 183 
Ultimate tensile strength (wet) : 
Mean in kilograms 98.8 
Maximum in kilograms 118 
Minimum in kilograms 64.8 
Mean in pounds ^ 218 
Maximum, in pounds 261 
Minimum in pounds . 143 
Mean ultimate tensile stregnth per unit area (dry) : 
Kilograms per scpare centimeter 394 
Pounds per square inch 5,630 
Mean ultimate tensile strength per unit area (wet) ; 
Kilograms per square centimeter 381 
Pounds per square inch 5,450 
Mean elongation at instant of rupture: 
Dry (per cent) 6 
Wet (per cent) 9 
Mean weight per unit length : 
Grams per meter 20.2 
Pounds per foot 0.0136 
Average breaking length: 
Meters 5,050 
Feet 16,600 
Moisture (per cent) 8.31 
GREWIA MULTIFLORA Juss. Danglin. 
Local names: Al-alinau (Union) ; alinau (Amburayan, Ilocos Sur, Panga- 
sinan, Sorsogon, Union, and Zambales) ; anildu (Abra, Benguet, Ilocos 
Norte, Ilocos Sur, Union, and Pangasinan) ; apUt (Pampanga) ; bagokon 
(Guimaras, Mindoro) ; benglaling (Abra) ; bulubukhon (Guimaras) ; dallag 
(Gaddanes in Nueva Vizcaya) ; dangli, kalitkalit (Tayabas) ; dangling 
