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1. Lindenbergia philippensis (Cham. & Schltdl.) Benth.wfo-0001140261

in DC., Prod. 10: 377. 1846; Bonati in Fl. Gén. I.-C. 4: 363. 1927, excl. f. 42, 10–14*, incl. var. bracteosa Bonati and var. ramosissima Bonati; Kerr in Fl. Siam. En. 3(2): 53. 1954; Prijanto, Reinwardtia 7: 552. f. 3, a–c. 1969; Yang in Fl. Reip. Pop. Sin. 67(2): 97. f. 37. 1979; T.Yamaz. in Fl. C.L.V. 21: 182. 1985.— Stemodia philippensis Cham., Linnaea 3: 5. 1828. Fig. 47: 1–2.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Perennial herbs; stems erect, 50–100 cm tall, laxly branched, glandular-villous. Leaves drying black; petioles 1–3 cm, densely glandular-pilose; blades ovate to oblong, 2–8(–12) by 1–3.5(–7) cm, acute to acuminate at apex, attenuate-cuneate into the petiole, acute-to acuminate-serrate, sparsely hirsute above, hirsute on the major nerves beneath. Inflorescences in terminal spike-like racemes, densely flowered; rachis stout, villous. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, gradually smaller towards the apex. Calyx 4–5 by 3–4 mm, glandular-villous; lobes lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla yellow, 12–15 mm long, pilose outside; upper lip deltoid-ovate, 5 mm long, bilobed, lobes lanceolate, acuminate; flower lip much longer than the upper, densely villous on gibbous palate, 3-lobed, lobes ovate, cuspidate. Capsule ovoid, acuminate, 4–5 by 2.5–3 mm. Seeds oblong, ca 0.35 by 0.18 mm.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Mae Hong Son (Mae Sariang, Ban Pasui), Chiang Mai (Doi Chiang Dao, Wang Tao, Mae Hoi), Chiang Rai (Chiang Saen), Lampang, Nan, Phitsanulok, Tak (Mae Sot); EASTERN: Ubon Ratchathani; CENTRAL: Ang Thong, Saraburi (Mueang District), Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok) (Phukhao Thong), Samut Prakan; SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi (Sai Yok, Si Sawat, Thong Phaphum), Ratchaburi.

Distribution : Burma, S China, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, the Philippines (type).

Ecology : Roadsides, old walls, rocky beds in streams, on limestone, up to 800 m alt.

Vernacular : Ya nam dap fai (หญ้าน้ำดับไฟ)(Central); buaha pha (บัวฮาผา)(Northern); kim-huai-pho-chao (กิมฮวยโพเช้า)(Chinese-Central).

Notes: * The figures were drawn on the specimen of Chevalier 32456 in P which was determined as R.Br.