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9. Omphalogramma (Franchet) Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 45: 178. 1898.

独花报春属 du hua bao chun shu

Primula subg. Omphalogramma Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 32: 272. 1855.

Herbs perennial, with stout woody rhizomes. Leaves basal, petiolate, usually minutely brown punctate. Scapes solitary in each rosette, without bracts. Flowers terminal, solitary. Calyx 5--7-lobed to base; lobes linear-lanceolate. Corolla infundibuliform, rarely campanulate to salverform, slightly zygomorphic, 5--7-lobed; lobes entire, emarginate or dentate at margin. Stamens 5--7, inserted on corolla tube; filaments glabrous or pubescent; anthers oblong to ovate, apex obtuse. Ovary ovoid, superior. Capsule oblong to cylindric, dehiscing by short valves.

Approximately 13 species: confined to the E Himalayas, W China and N Myanmar; 9 species are native to China.


1 Corolla salverform, tube cylindric, expanded near apex   1 Omphalogramma vinciflorum
+ Corolla infundibuliform to campanulate, gradually expanded upward from base.   (2)
       
2 (1) Corolla campanulate, 1.5--2.5 cm, tube slightly longer than calyx; filaments 1--1.5 mm   2 Omphalogramma brachysiphon
+ Corolla infundibuliform, tube at least 2 X as long as calyx filaments 5--8 mm.   (3)
       
3 (2) Base of leaf blade tapering to a broadly winged petiole.   (4)
+ Base of leaf blade (at least the lower 1 or 2 leaves) rounded or cordate; petiole distinct from leaf blade.   (5)
       
4 (3) Corolla tube ca. 2.5 cm; style included; filaments glabrous; capsule 1.5--2 cm   8 Omphalogramma elwesianum
+ Corolla tube 3--4 cm; style exserted; filaments glandular; capsule 2--3 cm   9 Omphalogramma souliei
       
5 (3) Leaves glabrous adaxially, pilose abaxially   7 Omphalogramma forrestii
+ Leaves pubescent.   (6)
       
6 (5) Corolla tube 6--9 mm wide at apex, limb 2--3 cm wide   5 Omphalogramma minus
+ Corolla tube more than 1 cm wide, limb usually more than 3 cm wide.   (7)
       
7 (6) Corolla lobes incised-dentate   6 Omphalogramma delavayi
+ Corolla lobes emarginate or 2-lobate, lobes entire to obscurely crenulate.   (8)
       
8 (7) Style glandular pubescent   3 Omphalogramma tibeticum
+ Style glabrous   4 Omphalogramma elegans

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