Allied to C. boholensis Holttum, differing as follows: fronds much smaller; scales on upper part of stipe 3 mm long, stiffly spreading, with inrolled edges; lower surface of pinna-rachises bearing erect hairs; upper surface of pinnae, between veins, bearing many suberect hairs; stipe c. 5 cm long; lamina to 11 cm long; basal pinnae 2.8 cm long with 1 pair of pinnules; basal basiscopic pinnule 13 × 4 mm, deeply lobed near its base; middle pinnae obtuse, lobed almost to their costae, the lobes falcate, obtuse and mostly entire; sori as in C. boholensis.