Agarista bracamorensis has been rediscovered in the Peruvian Andes, near the village of El Espino, near Jaén, and the collections reported here represent the first since the type gathering by A. J. A. Bonpland in the early 1800s. A revised description of this species is presented, and it is compared with A. subcordata and A. albiflora, two putative relatives that also occur in northern Peru. The vegetation in which this species occurs is briefly described, including a list of common associated species.