Phyllostachy s sp. Drying "bamboo paper on the dry sandy 
and pebbly part of a^mountain stream. These oblong squares 
of paper measure 6x8 inches and sell locally at the ridic- 
ulously 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.) 
Heg. Ho. 13296, Hui ma po, Rupeh, China, April 2, I917. 
December 3l» 1917. 
