Identification of Fritillaria from Hubei

FRITILLARIAE HUPEHENSIS BULBUS

[Source] This product is the dry bulb of Liliaceae Frt ilariahupehensis Hsiaoet K.

[Properties] This product has an oblate spherical shape with a height of 0.

【Microscopic identification】The powder of this product is light brown-yellow

【Character identification characteristics】

(1) It is oblate spherical, 0.

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(2) The surface is white to light brown

(3) The outer squamous lobes are 2 petals, hypertrophic, and slightly kidney-shaped

(4) There are 2-6 scale leaves and shrunken residual stems inside

(5) The base is sunken in the shape of a nest, with light brown epidermis and a few fibrous roots remaining

(6) Bitter taste

【Microscopic identification features】

(1) The powder is light brown-yellow

(2) Umbilical dots, chevrons, cracks or double bifurcated horsetails

(3) The layer pattern is obvious and fine

(4) Occasionally, compound granules, composed of 2 to 3 granules, are small in shape

(5) The epidermal cells are square or polygonal, and the vertical wall is irregularly thickened

(6) Stomas are sometimes seen, oblate, with 4 to 5 accessory guard cells
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(7) Calcium oxalate crystals are prismatic, square, granular or clustered
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