Stipe 20-25 cm, dark and glossy throughout; scales ovate, cordate, 2 x 1 mm, thin. Lamina 30 cm long; pinnae to 18 pairs, well spaced, many distinctly stalked; basal pinnae slightly reduced, stalked 1 mm, basal acroscopic lobe quite free, a little dentate. Largest pinnae 5.5-7 cm long, 1.3-2 cm wide, caudate-acuminate (cauda 7-15 mm long, entire), deeply lobed throughout, lobes in basal part of pinna ± crenate-dentate; costules 3.5-4 mm apart; veins to 6 pairs; lower surface hairless apart from edges of lobes, ovate-acute scales present on costae, very small filamentous scales on costules and veins; stiff dark hairs on upper surface of rachis and costae. Sori inframedial; indusia small, glabrous.
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