看到刊登在《植物杂志》1983年第4期封面上的华盖木照片,很高兴。发现一种新植物固然不易,而拍摄一幅好的植物照片往往也要付出艰辛的劳动。华盖木是我所刘玉壶同志近年发现的木兰科单属种植物。目前它在地球上已几乎绝迹,仅在我国云南省西畴县的原始森林内发现了几株大树。为了提供宝贵的科研资料,1982年4月,刘玉壶同志、摄影师甘世南同志和有关科研人员,不畏艰难,长途跋涉,来到人迹稀少的华盖木“家乡”,为它拍照。开始,他们在法斗草果山的阔叶季雨林中找到三株高大的华盖木,其中一株已长 I am pleased to see the photos of the canopy cover published in the cover of the fourth issue of Flora Magazine in 1983. Finding a new plant is not always easy, and it takes a lot of hard work to take a good plant photo. Huagai Mu is my colleague Liu Yuhu discovered in recent years Magnolia Branch single species of plants. At present, it has almost disappeared on Earth, and only a few large trees have been found in the virgin forest of Xichou County, Yunnan Province, China. In order to provide valuable scientific research materials, in April 1982, Comrade Liu Yuhu, photographer Comrade Gan Shinan and relevant scientific researchers came to the hometown of Waigaohu, a sparsely populated area, for taking pictures of it. At the beginning, they found three tall canopies in the broadleaf monsoon forest of Faguo Caooguoshan, one of which was long