Nematolepis wilsonii

Shrub or small tree to 10 m high; branchlets terete, warty, densely silvery- to ferruginous-lepidote. Leaves chartaceous, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 30–80 mm long, 5–15 mm wide, apex narrowly obtuse, upper surface smooth, glossy, glabrous except for scattered scales along impressed midrib, lower surface densely silvery-lepidote; petiole 1–7 mm long. Inflorescence an axillary, 2–9-flowered cyme, up to c. half as long as leaves; peduncle mostly 5–12 mm long; pedicels 2–8 mm long, densely lepidote. Sepals virtually free, deltoid, c. 1 mm long, lepidote; petals imbricate, elliptic, 3.5–5 mm long, white, lepidote outside; stamens subequal to petals, anthers yellow; disc prominent; ovary silvery-lepidote. Follicles pointed at apex, becoming glabrous or with few scales at maturity, c. 4 mm long. Flowers spring.