Rhizome short; scales 10 by 1.5 mm, acuminate, rather dull medium brown, stiff, subentire, somewhat twisted; phyllopodia c. 1 cm long. Sterile frond: stipe 20 cm, rather persistently scaly as rhizome but scales thinner; lamina firm but rather thin, 21 by 5.8 cm, widest in middle, almost ellipti-cal, base slightly decurrent, apex rounded but not broadly; thin edge not sharply distinct; veins just distinct; costa beneath slightly prominent only near base; lower surface rather persistently scaly, many scales 2-3 mm long, very narrow, pale brown with a few marginal hairs, also abundant much smaller scales; scales near margin a little wider and projecting 2-3 mm, mostly abraded. Fertile frond: stipe 22 cm; lamina 12 by 3 cm, shape as sterile.
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