仙居油点草Tricyrtis xianjuensis

  • Scientific Name: Tricyrtis xianjuensis G.Y. Li, Z.H. Chen & D.D. Ma
  • Ref: Ann. Bot. Fennici 51: 217-221(2014)
  • Chinese Common Name: 仙居油点草 xiān jū yóu diǎn cǎo
  • Family: Liliaceae
  • Genus: Tricyrtis
  • Distribution: Zhejiang
  • Type: China. Zhejiang Province, Xianju County, Da Shenxianju Scenic Area, on wet shaded rocky cliffs, alt. 680 m a.s.l.,28°41’14.2″N, 120°36’28.62″E, northeast facing slope of 85°,9 Sep. 2012 Z. M. Zhu, G. Y. Li, Z. H. Chen, D. D. Ma etc. XJ20120911 (holotype ZJFC).
Herbs perennial, rhizomes short, roots with lower nodes fascicled. Stems ascending, simple,purple in light, 50-70 cm long, glabrous. Leaves alternate, 2-ranked on stem, scattered; lower leaves ovate-long-elliptic, upper long-ovate,4-14 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, base amplexicaul,apex acuminate to long acuminate, glabrous,bright green above, light green below, without oilspots; midrib recessed on adaxial surface,lateral veins obscure. Flowers axillary, solitaryor sometimes in pairs; pedicel 5-12 mm long,slightly curved, densely pubescent, base with several yellowish brown to translucent bracts;flowers bright yellow, diameter 2.5-3 cm; tepals6, free, subequal, not recurved after flower-ing, with purple-red spots inside; outer tepals 3,obovate-lanceolate, 20-25 mm long, ca. 8 mmwide, abaxial surface densely pubescent, glabrous inside, white near base, apex acute, mucroless than one mm long, base with one saccate foveolate nectary, ca. 3 mm in diam.; inner tepals3, oblong, ca. 7 mm wide, white near base, gla-brous inside, having a midvein ridge and only veins sparsely pubescent outside, apex acute orobtuse. Stamens 6, 17-23 mm long, filamentsflat, recurved, glabrous, lower part leaning to ashort tube with pubescence and sparse reddish purple spots, white over tube, anthers yellow,ca. 3 mm, two-lobed, born in back, extrorse;pistil 17-20 mm high, ovary superior, triangular-spindle, 7-10 mm long, trilobed, many ovulesper locule; style 4-10 mm long; stigma trifid,bent outwards, branches recurved-patent, with glandular protuberances. Capsule trigonous-fusi-form, 2-3 cm long. glabrous, septicidally dehis-cent. Seeds ellipsoid. Flowering in September toearly October, fruiting in October.

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