Rhizome short; scales dark, glossy, flat, to 6 by 2 mm, subentire, not long-acuminate; phyllopodia 2-3 cm long. Sterile frond: stipe 5-10 cm, rather pale, at first with spreading scales as rhizome, persistent scales very small, dark brown, entire or with a few hairs; lamina thinly coriaceous, drying dark, 25-35 by 1.5-2.3 cm, sides parallel for most of their length, base very narrowly cuneate and ± decurrent, apex short-acuminate; thin edge very narrow, not pale; veins distinct, mostly with free thickened tips, occasionally joining near margin; costa pale and prominent beneath; scales persistent on lower surface, very small, dark, with a few short hairs which seem often abraded. Fertile frond: stipe 10-15 cm; lamina 16-20 by 1.2-1.5 cm.
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