Rhizomes shortly creeping, densely scaly; scales dark brown, lanceolate or linear, 4-10 mm, membranous, margin ciliate, sometimes with projecting arms especially near base, apex acuminate or attenuate. Fronds close together; sterile fronds: stipe (5-)7-13 cm, base densely covered with scales similar to those of rhizome, distal scales smaller and narrower; lamina lanceolate, 10-30 × 2-6 cm, leathery, both surfaces with small, brown, stellate scales, denser abaxially, base cuneate, shortly decurrent along stipe, margin entire or somewhat undulate, thickened and slightly reflexed, apex acuminate or acute; secondary veins somewhat hidden, simple or once forked; fertile fronds: stipe 10-20 cm, lamina narrower.
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