中國植物誌之紀要　四

Notes on the Flora of China IV

In February 1953, the representatives of the Continental Development Foundation, the China International Foundation, and the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University met in the library of the Arboretum at Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and made plans for a cooperative project for preparing a descriptive flora of China. As scheduled, in July of the same year, work commenced for the Flora of China Project. The material presented in this article is primarily a result of that project. It is an enumeration of some Chinese Gymnospermae deposited in the herbaria of the Arnold Arboretum and the Gray Herbarium. It contains one new species, Podocarpus chingianus, one new variety, Cephalotaxus fortunei var. globosa, and four new combinations, Taxus cuspidata var. microcarpa (Trautv.) S. Y. Hu, Podocarpus macrophyllus f. argenteus (Gordon), S. Y. Hu, P. macrophyllus f. aureus (Gordon) S. Y. Hu, and Cunninghamia lanceolata f. glauca (Dall. & Jacks.).