榧属（Torrya Arn.）分类研究及其在红豆杉科中的系统位置

本论文对榧属(TorreyI)的研究历史作了回顾．以形态性状为依据，结合叶片的解剖，花粉表面的电镜观察，以及种子蛋白的电泳等，对榧属的系统分类进行了研究。结果表明： l、支持根据种子胚乳深皱与微皱分榧属为两个组的观点． 2、从叶片气孔带乳突的特征及种子蛋白电泳带的类型，似可支持榧属两组的建立． 3、根据各种榧树叶肉组织中石细胞的观察，不支持将石细胞的有无作为分组的特征。 4、云南榧与巴山榧叶的解剖特征有较多相似性，但在石细胞的含量、栅栏组织细胞层数及结晶大小等方面存在差别．考虑到其他性状及地理分布，认为将云南榧改为巴山榧的变种较为自然。 5、本属植物花粉形态较为一致，种问无明显的差别．对组和种的划分无重要参考价值． 6、经研究订正，榧属共6种2变种和11个栽培变种。其中1新变种（九龙山榧），1改级新组合（云南榧），6个新载培变种。 7、结合前人的研究，作者归纳出红豆杉科植物的进化趋势，支持榧属为进化类群的观点。

Leaf growth of the seagrass Syringodium filiforme in outer Florida Bay, Florida

Leaf growth of the seagrass Syringodium filiforme (Kütz., 1860) was determined using a new technique based on the growth of emergent leaves (EL method) and compared to the more labor intensive repeated measurements (RM) and demographic allometric age reconstruction techniques (DA). All three techniques were used to compare leaf growth dynamics of plants with different morphologies at two sites, a shallow water (0.5 m) banktop and an adjacent deeper water (1.5 m) environment in outer Florida Bay, Florida. Leaf formation rates (Leaf Plastochrone Interval or PI) determined using the EL and RM methods were nearly identical, with means of 20 and 21 d leaf–1 at both sites, significantly faster than the 30 d leaf–1 calculated using the DA method. The EL method produced the highest estimate of leaf growth, 1.8 and 1.9 cm d–1 at the 0.5 m and 1.5 m sites, respectively, followed by the RM method (1.3 and 1.3 cm d–1) and the DA method (1.0 and 1.1 cm d–1). None of the methods detected differences in leaf PI, leaf growth or leaf fragmentation rates between sites. However, leaves at the 1.5 m site typically retained intact leaf tips longer than those at the 0.5 m site, and total leaf lifespan was longer at the 1.5 m site. Based on these results and the amount of field and laboratory work required by each of the methods, the new EL method is the preferred technique for monitoring leaf growth in S. filiforme.