Rhizome and scales as E. blumeanum. Sterile frond: stipe 7 cm or more, bearing spreading scales 2-3 mm long, paler than on rhizome and with many stiff marginal hairs, also many appressed orbicular ciliate scales; lamina to 25 by 2½ cm or more, shape as E. blumeanum; scales on upper surface very pale, flat, appressed, ± circular with fringe of pale hairs shorter than width of scale, close to edge of upper surface a fringe of similar but elongate scales (1 mm long) spreading at right angles to edge of lamina and beyond it; scales on lower surface red-brown, a little smaller than those on upper surface, with inflexed edges bearing thicker much longer stiff hairs (to 0.5 mm long). Fertile frond: stipe 15 cm or more; lamina to 30 cm long, hardly 1 cm wide.
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