Nothopegia beddomei
Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1: 265. 1918 &
in Kew Bull. 1918: 227. 1918.
Trees, 10 - 12 m tall. Leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate, 9.5 - 14 x 2.5 -
5.5 cm, caudate-acuminate, ·puberulous beneath, thinly coriaceous; petioles
0.8 - 1 cm long, glabrous. Racemes ·axillary and extra-axillary, 1.5 - 4 cm long,
pubescent. Male flowers 2 mm in diam. Calyx 4-lobed; lobes 1 x 0.8 mm
with many dark, longitudinal swelling on ventral side, pubescent above. Petals
4, 3 x 1 mm, recurved, glabrous, with 3 - 7 longitudinal swellings on ventral
side. Stamens 4, 2 mm long; filaments subulate, villous. Disc 4-lobed, 1 mm
in diam., glabrous. Carpels absent. Female flowers not seen. Drupes oval,
1 - 1.3 cm in diam., compressed.
KEY TO THE VARIETIES
| 1a. Leaf apex caudate-acuminate; sepals and filaments villous | 2.1. beddomei |
| b. Leaf apex shortly acuminate; sepals and filaments glabrous | 2.2. wynaedica |
