Petiole scales brown, linear, 10--20 × 0.8--1.5 mm, lax, not densely tangled or woollike. Blade 1-pinnate-pinnatifid, glabrous or pubescent on both surfaces, glandular abaxially and occasionally adaxially, glands pale yellow, ca. 0.5 mm. Basal pinnae 8--18 × 2--3 cm, equilateral, incised more than 3/4 distance to costae. Ultimate segments 4--7 mm wide, margins ciliate. Veins 6--10(--15) pairs per segment, unbranched. Sori medial to supramedial; indusia present but soon deciduous or completely absent.