Scurrula leenhoutsii Rajasek. in J. Swamy Bot. Club 3(3): 86, ff. 3 - 4. 1986.

Branches and leaves stellate hairy when young, glabrous when old; internodes widening towards top. Leaves opposite, narrowly elliptic-ovate, usually attenuating towards base, subacute at apex, 7 - 9 x 2.5 - 3 cm, cinnamomeous brown stellate hairy when young, glabrous when old; lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs; petioles 8 - 12 mm long. Inflorescences centrifugal pseudoracemes; peduncle 1 (or 2) per axil, 8 - 10-flowered, brown stellate hairy when young, glabrous in age, 1.3 - 1.5 cm long; flower buds spathulate, 2.5 - 2.8 cm long. Flowers 3.2 - 3.7 cm long, glabrous; pedicels 1.7 - 2.1 mm long; bracts ovate, 1.5 - 2 x 1 - 1.2 mm, stellate hairy outside. Calyculus ca 0.2 mm long, with undulate rim, glabrous. Petals united; tube tetragonous, with a median split up to half the length, 2.5 - 3 cm long; lobes elliptic, acute, 7 - 8 mm long. Stamens erect; filaments 2.5 – 3.5 mm long; anthers linear, , 4.5 - 5.2 mm long. Ovary obconical, rugose, 1 - 1.2 mm long; epigynous glands faintly or distantly 4-lobed; style 4-gonous; stigma ovoid or conical, minutely papillate. Fruits pyriform, sparsely or densely rugose, brown stellate hairy when young; young fruits 2.5 - 2.8 x 1.5 - 1.7 mm.

Fl. & Fr. April - Sept.

Distrib. India: Found on Rhododendron spp. in open forests. E. Himalayas: W. Bengal (Darjeeling), Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

Endemic.

Notes. Vessel members with lateral perforations, pittings alternate, elliptic; fibres thick- walled, broad-lumened with reduced pits; aperture slit-like, criss-cross.

Pollen triangular, 3-lobed; P - 27 (32.2) 33 µm; E - 48 (52.1) 55 µm; P/E - 0.61 µm; ex. 1.5 µm; col. 0.5 µm.