PHILIPPINE HATS. 
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Nypa fruticans Wurmb. in Verh. Batav. Gen. 1 (1779) 349. 
Areca catechu Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1189. 
Cocos nucifera Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1188. 
Livistona spp. 
All of these species yield materials which are used for salacots, the 
coconut rarely is utilized in school work for hats, and a considerable 
number of baskets axe made from its midribs in Bohol. 
MUSACE7E. 
Musa textilis N6e in Anal. Cienc. Nat. 4 (1801) 123. 
The cloth, sinamay, woven from this, is sewed into hats. Very fine 
qualities of hemp from the Philippines are prepared in Switzerland, and 
the resulting strands or ribbons are used for hats, lace, and many other 
products; the leaves are sometimes used in salacots , as are those of M. 
sapientum Linn, and M. paradisiaca Linn. ; the actual hemp is sometimes 
used for hats in school work. 
MARANTACE;®. 
Donax cannaeformis (Forst.) Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 45 (1907) 243. 
Stems used in salacots. 
ORCHIDACEAC. 
Dendrobium sp. 
Sangumay , sometimes mentioned as a hat material, is the outer surface 
of the pseudobulbs of an orchid of this genus, but is only a trimming 
for salacots. 
MORACEiE. 
Artocarpus blumei Tree, in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ill 8 (1847) 111. 
Leaves used for salacots , at least on Basilan. 
LEGUMINOS 2 E. 
Enterolobium saman (Jacq.) Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soe. Bengal 66 2 
(1897) 252. 
Occasionally, hats have been made in the province of Bulacan from 
shavings of the wood of this tree. 
STERCULIACEJE. 
Bast, which from its structure is almost certainly obtained from some 
species of this family, is occasionally made into pretty freak hats. The 
workers are unnecessarily timorous and have deliberately given false 
information regarding its identity. 
Pterocymbium tinctorium (Blanco) Merr. in Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 
27 (1905) 24. 
The wood of teluto is sometimes cut into hats of typical straw-hat 
shape. 
