摘要
后来,植物分类学家把1955年在广西花坪地区采集到了"00198"模式标本,定名为银杉,因为它叶子像杉树,叶背有两条银白色的气孔带,微风吹拂便闪闪发光.
银杉的发现不是探索银杉之路的终结,经历过了漫长的历史岁月,银杉各种走向衰败的迹象诸已暴露,如果再不施加人的影响,就有退出历史舞台的可能.这就是科学家的探索之路.应该说,这条路比发现银杉更艰苦,更漫长.
The author had come to Huaping Nature Reserve inGuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to visit Cathaya,the ancient plant existing only in China which was discov-ered in 1955. He experienced personally the difficult andtoilsome discovery and wrote it down. However, theexciting discovery is not the end but the start of the roadto study the life secrets of Cathaya.There is still a longand rugged way to go.
