Terrestrial shrub to 1.5 m tall;  stem subterete, bluntly angled, glabrous, nitid, reddish-brown when dry.  Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, 2-4.5 x 1.5-2.5 cm, apically rounded to broadly acute, basally rounded or very short-attentuate and with small umbonate glands, marginally entire, flat, glabrous;  pinnately nerved with all nerves impressed above and raised beneath, these either inconspicuous on both surfaces or sometimes conspicuous only beneath;  petiole subterete, flattened abaxially, rugose, glabrous, 2-4 mm long.  Infloresence of 1-3 axillary, fasciculate flowers;  floral bracts ovate, apiculate, glabrous, glaucous, 5-8 mm long;  bracteoles located just below the middle of the pedicel, non-articulate, opposite, glabrous, glaucous, 1-2 mm long.  Flowers with calyx stipitate, glabrous, glaucous, 3-4 mm long, blue-green when fresh;  hypanthium subcylindric, bluntly 5-angled, constricted near the base, truncate, 2-2.5 mm long;  limb campanulate-spreading, 1-1.5 mm long including the lobes;  lobes triangular, acute, non-glandular, 0.5-1 mm long;  sinuses obtuse;  corolla tubular, subcylindric, slightly expanded distally when dry, glabrous, 19-22 mm long, red to dull red when fresh, the lobes oblong, obtuse, 2.5-3 mm long;  stamens 10, 14-15 mm long;  filaments distinct, sparsely-pilose marginally, 10.5-11 mm long;  connectives pilose;  anthers 4.8-5 mm long, conspicuously "V"-shaped;  thecae 2.5 mm long;  tubules spreading distally, dehiscing by oblique terminal pores;  disintegration tissue running along dorsal side of the tubules;  style slightly exserted, 22-25 mm long;  ovary 5-locular;  disc glabrous.  Fruit not seen.

    Distribution.  Endemic to Venezuela (Bolívar: Chimantí) and known only from two collections.  Rare and endangered.