Shrub;  stem terete, striate, nitid, glabrous;  twigs subterete, sharply angled, striate, densely puberulent.  Leaves oblong, elliptic, to ovate-oblong, 1.7-3.5 x 1-1.5 cm, base cuneate to rounded, subattenuate, apex acute to subacute, margin shallowly crenate-serrate, glabrous above but deciduously glandular-fimbriate beneath, also beneath at base provided with 1-2 pairs circular, concave glands ca. 0.3-0.4 mm diam.;  obscurely 3(-5)-plinerved from the base, midrib impressed above and raised beneath, lateral nerves impressed above and raised but obscure beneath, reticulate veinlets impressed above but obscure on both surfaces;  petiole subterete, flattened above, rugose, 2-4 mm long, puberulent, glabrate.  Inflorescence axillary, solitary, subfasciculate, 3-6-flowered, surrounded at base by a series of deciduous, broadly ovate, glabrous bracts to ca. 3 x 3-4 mm;  floral bract oblong-ovate, rounded, concave, ca. 12 x 5--6 mm, margin scarious, ciliolate;  pedicel subterete, ribbed, ca. 1 cm long, densely yellowish-pilose with hairs ca. 0.7 mm long;  bracteoles basal, linear, ca. 15 x 1 mm, weakly pilose, marginally glandular-fimbriate.  Flower with calyx articulate, ca. 9-10 mm long, yellowish-woolly;  hypanthium cylindric, 2.5-3 mm long, so densely woolly as to obscure surface, also glandular-fimbriate;  limb erect, 6-7 mm long, moderately appressed tomentose to woolly;  lobes elongate-deltate, acute, 3-4 mm long, marginally glandular-fimbriate;  sinuses acute;  corolla cylindric, terete, thin-carnose, 10-11 mm long, densely woolly, the lobes deltate, 1-1.5 mm long;  stamen ca. 7 mm long;  filaments connate into a tube ca. 2 mm long, densely pilose distally;  anthers ca. 6 mm long;  thecae smooth, ca. 4 mm long, the base narrowed to a caudate tip;  tubules distinct, ca. 2 mm long, dehiscing by clefts ca. 1.3 mm long.  Berry not seen.

    Distribution.  Known only from the type collection, the exact locality of which is unknown (I would suspect S Ecuador or N Peru because the species is very distinct and its affinities lie with those from Peru).  Rare and endangered.