Rhizome long-creeping, c. 2 mm ø, fronds 1-2 cm apart; scales light brown, translucent, closely imbricating, 3 by 2 mm, ovate, acute, subentire; phyllopodia to 8 mm long. Sterile frond: stipe 2-3 cm; lamina 3.5-6 cm by 8-15 mm, thinly coriaceous to rigid, elliptic, apex bluntly pointed, base narrowly cuneate and then decurrent as a wing 10-15 mm; thin edge distinct, narrow; veins visible or not; costa slightly prominent beneath; scales on costa beneath rather persistent, narrowly acuminate from a broad base, 0.5-1.5 mm long; scales on lower surface of lamina stellate, smaller. Fertile frond: stipe 1½-3.5 cm; lamina 2.5-4.5 cm by 7-10 mm, shape as sterile.
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