Plants green, yellow-green, or yellow-brown. Stems with paraphyllia absent; axillary hair distal cells 1-3, linear or shortly so. Stem leaves sometimes more erect when dry, ± recurved, sometimes slightly homomallous, densely or sparsely inserted, 0.2-0.5 mm wide; base erect to almost spreading; acumen 43-62% leaf length; basal alar cells long-to short-rectangular, distal alar cells quadrate to rectangular, alar region large, reaching from margin 40-50% distance to costa at insertion. Seta 1.2-2.2 cm.