Stipe to 30 cm long, dark at base, paler distally, hairy only in groove, basal scales 3 mm long, thin. Lamina 25-45 cm long; pinnae 20 pairs, well spaced, lowest much narrowed at base with basal acroscopic lobe almost free but not elongate. Suprabasal pinnae commonly 8x1.6 cm, shortly caudate-acuminate; lobes entire to dentate; costules 3.5-4 mm apart; veins 6-10 pairs; lower surface of rachis and costae bearing minute acicular and capitate hairs, on costae also glands and linear scales, few glands between veins; upper surface of rachis and costae bearing hairs hardly 0.5 mm long which have 1-3 septa, surface between veins glabrous or with a few short acicular and capitate hairs. Sori medial; indusia small, bearing short capitate hairs and sometimes glands.
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