Rhizome short; scales medium brown, thin, 5-7 by 1.5-2 mm, subentire, apex narrowed but not acuminate; phyllopodia 1 cm long. Sterile frond: unwinged stipe 0-5 cm; lamina thinly coriaceous, to 38 by 4.8 cm, widest above middle, base narrowly long-decurrent, apex narrowed to acute (not acuminate) tip; thin edge distinct but not decoloured; costa beneath distinctly prominent; veins slightly prominent on both surfaces, their swollen ends distinct; scales on lower surface numerous, very small, dark, lacking long hairs. Fertile frond: stipe 25-30 cm; lamina 25 by 2 cm, shape as sterile.