Stipe 6-10 cm, base very dark with copious reddish firm scales 7 x 0.7 mm, upper part paler and finely short-hairy; rachis almost stramineous. Lamina 20 cm long, pinnae nearly 30 pairs, nearly all deflexed, middle ones largest; basal pinnae 2 cm long, slightly narrowed on basiscopic base, basal acroscopic lobe a little enlarged, dentate and free, texture firm. Largest pinnae 2.5 x 0.8 cm, lobes entire; costules 2 mm apart; veins 3-4 pairs, pale and prominent both sides; lower surface of rachis and costae bearing pale acicular hairs more than 0.5 mm long, small capitate hairs present on costae, costules and veins, some glands between veins, a few very narrow scales on costae; upper surface of costae hairy as lower, veins and costules with small capitate hairs, glands throughout. Sori supramedial; indusia small, thin, with capitate hairs.
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