Phyllostachys sp. Drying bamboo paper of the dry sandy and pebbly part of a mountain stream. These oblong squares of paper measure 6 x 8 inches and sell locally at the ridiculously low price of fifty for one cent (Mex.). They are rolled up and used instead of matches to light the tobacco in the water pipes of the Chinese. (Meyer.)

Neg. No. 13296, Hui ma po, Hupeh, China, April 2, 1917