Rhizome short; scales 8-10 by 1.5 mm, dull medium brown, rather thin, acuminate, apices sometimes a little twisted, edges with scattered hairs; phyllopodia 5 mm long. Sterile frond: wing-less stipe pale, c. 1 cm long; lamina thinly coriaceous, 19-23 by 2.6-3.3 cm, widest 1/3 from apex, narrowed very gradually to base which forms a gradually narrowing wing so that junction with stipe is indistinct, apex shortly acuminate; thin pale edge ½ mm wide; veins distinct on lower surface; costa pale, not prominent on lower surface; scales on surface appressed, ± stellate with several short arms, mostly less than 1 mm ø including arms. Fertile frond: stipe 4 cm; lamina 17 by 1.6 cm, shape as sterile, thin pale margin 1 mm wide.
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