Rhizome short; scales rather thick, dull medium brown, c. 5-10 by 2 l/2 mm, subentire or sparsely hairy, tapering evenly from base to acute apex; phyllopodia 1-1.5 cm long. Sterile frond: stipe 4-11 cm long; lamina thinly coriaceous, 20-33 by 2.8-4 cm, widest about middle, base gradually narrowed and decurrent for 2-3 cm, apex acute to acuminate; pale edge narrow, reflexed; veins often slightly prominent; costa. rather broad and pale beneath, only slightly prominent; scales small, stellate. Fertile frond: stipe 10-16 cm; frond 15-20 by 1.2-2 cm.