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1. Canscora carinata Dopwfo-0000584026

Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 59: 145. 1912; Dop & Gagnep. in Fl. Gén. I.-C. 4: 192. 1914; H.R.Fletcher & Kerr in Fl. Siam. En. 3: 66. 1951; Ubolcholaket, Thai For. Bull. Bot. 14: 95. F. 1. 1983.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Herbs, 13–25 cm high; stems simple, 4-winged. Leaves basal rosette, 15–20 by 10–13 mm; cauline much smaller, lanceolate, boat-shaped, adpressed to the stem, 3–5 by 1–3 mm, not transparent; apex acute. Bracts ovate, boat-shaped, scarious, 1–2 mm long. Flowers fascicled, 1 cm long; pedicels 0.1 mm long. Calyx membranous, often 2-winged; tube cylindrical, 4–5 mm long; lobes 4, deltoid, 1.5 mm long; apex acute. Corolla white; tube cylindrical, constricted half-way, brownish, 7 mm long; lobes 4, ovate, 3 mm long, apex obtuse. Stamens 4; filaments equal, inserted near the throat, 2 mm long; anthers oblong, 1 mm long. Ovary oblong; style 3–5 mm long; stigma capitate. Capsule oblong, 3–5 mm long, 1–1.5 mm across.

Thailand : NORTH-EASTERN: Nakhon Phanom (Kut Lukhu); SOUTH-EASTERN: Prachin Buri (Watthana).

Distribution : Laos (type).

Ecology : In dry deciduous dipterocarp forests, 100–200 m alt.

E-version notes : As Cracosna carinata (Dop) Thiv
Blumea 48: 21. 2003.