Caudex a slender black rhizome 1.5-2.0 mm diameter, bearing fronds 1-3 cm apart; scales c. 4x 1 mm; stipe 12-20 cm long, dark at base, paler distally, slender hairs present on adaxial side only. Lamina to 11.5 cm long; pinnae 12 pairs; basal pinnae narrowed towards their bases, basal acroscopic lobe 2 mm long, free or nearly so, basal basiscopic lobe smaller with decurrent base; fifth pair of pinnae with almost symmetric base and winged stalk 0.5 mm long. Largest pinnae 2.3 x 0.7 cm; apex subabruptly narrowed and rounded; edges lobed to 1 mm from costa, lobes obliquely quadrate with teeth at ends of veins; costules 2.5 mm apart; veins 3 on acroscopic side of costule, 2 on basiscopic side; lower surface of rachis and pinnae lacking hairs of any kind, glands also absent, scales on costae narrowly linear (2-4 cells wide at base); upper surface lacking hairs between veins. Sori near base of veins; indusia small, glabrous.
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