Stipe 5-6 cm long, black at base, paler upwards, short-hairy throughout, basal scales thin, 2 x 1 mm, not setiferous. Lamina 14 cm long; pinnae 12-15 pairs, lower 2-3 pairs deflexed and narrowed at base, their basal acroscopic lobes slightly enlarged and dentate, almost free. Largest pinnae 3.0 x0.9 cm, apex abruptly acute, lobed almost to costa; lobes entire or slightly dentate; costules 2 mm apart; veins 4 pairs; lower surface of rachis and costae densely covered with short erect hairs, very narrow scales and sometimes small ovate ones also present; glands present on all lower surfaces; upper surface with hairs on costa, the rest glabrous or sometimes with a few hairs between veins. Sori medial; indusia large, thin, sometimes bearing short capitate hairs.
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