Notothixos cornifolius Oliv.

Spreading or pendulous plant to 1 m long; tomentum short, white or tawny, becoming sparse on leaves, inflorescence axes and fruits. Prophylls triangular, c. 0.3 mm long; cataphylls broadly triangular, c. 1 mm long, ±sheathing stem. Leaf lamina elliptic to narrowly ovate, rarely lanceolate, usually rounded, sometimes falcate, attenuate and acute, usually 4.5-7 cm long, 15-25 mm wide; petiole 5-10 mm long. Inflorescence an indeterminate raceme of cymules in 4-11 decussate pairs; axis usually 25-60 mm long; peduncles of cymules 2-5 mm long; bracts triangular, 1-1.5 mm long; cymules 5-11-flowered, the central 1-5 flowers male. Male flower c. 1 mm diam.; stipe c. 0.7 mm long. Female flower 2.5-3 mm long. Fruit ellipsoidal, c. 7 mm long.

Grows in rainforest and open forest. The hosts are almost exclusively species of Sterculiaceae (Argyrodendron , Sterculia and Brachychiton ).