Shrub;  twigs subterete, complanate, conspicuously and deeply striate, glabrous.  Leaves ovate-elliptic, 9-16.5 x 3.5-8 cm, basally rounded, apically abruptly short-acuminate, glabrous;  5(-7)-plinerved with inner pair of lateral nerves arising 0.8-1.5 cm above base, midrib conspicuously raised and thickened through proximal 0.8-1.5 cm otherwise impressed above and raised beneath, lateral nerves impressed above and raised beneath, reticulate veinlets inconspicuously raised on both surfaces;  petioles terete, rugose, weakly pilose adaxially.  Inflorescence ca. 15-flowered;  rachis subterete, complanate and bluntly angled, nodes slightly swollen, glabrous, at least 5.5 cm long and 2.5 mm diam. (still in bud at tip);  floral bracts deciduous after anthesis, flat or more or less concave, oblong or obovate, 18-20 x ca. 16 mm, apically rounded;  pedicels subcylindric, only slightly ribbed, glabrous, ca. 6 mm long and 1.5-3 mm diam.;  bracteoles basal ovate-oblong, 1.5 mm long, entire margin glandular-callose.  Flowers:  calyx glabrous, ca. 8 mm long;  hypanthium cylindric, smooth, 2.5-3 mm long, basally truncate;  limb cylindric, ca. 5 mm long;  lobes imbricate, oblong to ovate-oblong, 3.5-4 mm long, suberect, and curling around base of style after anthesis, marginally glandular-callose over entire length;  sinuses none;  corolla immature, glabrous;  style ca. 11.5-12 mm long.  Berry not seen.

    Distribution (Map).  Endemic to W Venezuela and known only from the type collection.  Rare and endangered.