一、前言太姥山上的野生茶,我所(郭元超、沈丰年、王雪英)曾于1957年秋在鸿雪洞里考查过一株其树高达6.16米,幅宽5米,树龄约达百余年,但此株当时却已枯死,对其芽叶、花、果等形态特征无从了解,只好在其临近石洞内挖取小株回所栽植观察,经过二 Foreword Taimu mountain of wild tea, I (Guo Yuanchao, Shen Fengnian, Wang Xueying) had in the autumn of 1957 examined in a snow-caves, a tree up to 6.16 meters in width and 5 meters, about a hundred years old, However, the strain was already dead at that time. Without understanding of its morphological features such as shoots, flowers and fruit, it was obliged to dig a small plant back into the nearby cave for planting and observation.