Shrub to 1 m tall;  bark striate, glandular-hispid, gray and tan striate;  twigs subterete, dark brown or black, glandular-hispid.  Leaves coriaceous, flat or usually revolute, elliptic, 1.3-1.6 x 0.5-0.6 cm, base cuneate, apex acute to acuminate or cuspidate, mucronate, margin glandular-ciliate, both surfaces glandular-hispid;  petiole slightly flattened in cross-section, 1-2.5 mm long, glandular-hispid.  Inflorescence terminal, racemose, 7-13-flowered;  rachis ca. 3.8 cm long, ca. 1.5 mm in diam., brown or dark maroon, glandular-hispid;  pedicels ascending, 13-20 mm long, 0.6-0.8 mm in diam., glandular-hispid;  bracteoles inserted on basal 1/2 of pedicel, oblong, flat, 3.2-3.6 x 0.7-0.8 mm, base cuneate, apex acuminate, margin entire, both surfaces glandular-hispid;  floral bracts elliptic, flat, 8.3-10.2 x 2.9-3.6 mm, base cuneate, apex acute, margin entire, adaxial surface glandular-hispid, abaxial surface glabrous.  Flowers 7-merous;  calyx ca. 5.3 mm long;  tube ca. 1.8 mm long, 3.5 mm in diam., brown or orangish-brown, glandular-hispid;  lobes ovate, apex acute or truncate, 2.9-3.6 x 2.9-3.4 mm, longest lobe 3.4-3.6 mm, margin ciliolate and glandular-ciliate, abaxial surface glandular-hispid;  corolla apparently campanulate, pink, petals undulate, narrowly obovate, 16.5-17.5 x 3.8-6.1 mm, margin entire, glabrous;  stamens included, 12.5-15.5 mm long;  filaments tomentose;  anthers 1.2-1.6 mm long, 1-1.2 mm in diam., glabrous;  ovary glabrous;  style slightly exserted, ca. 20 mm long;  stigma capitate.  Capsules depressed ellipsoid, ca. 4.4 mm long, ca. 8.3 mm broad, brown, exocarp not separating from the valves;  seeds not seen.

    Distribution.  Endemic to the open slopes of Cerro de la Neblina (Pico Phelps), Venezuela, and only known from the type collection, at 2500-2800 m elevation.  It flowers and fruits in December. Rare and endangered.