Rhizome short; scales dark brown, glossy, c. 10 by 1.5 mm, rigid, flat, hair-pointed, with short marginal teeth and slender marginal hairs; phyllopodia 1 cm long. Sterile frond: stipe 9-12 cm, pale; lamina rigid, drying pale, to at least 21 cm long, 2.8-4 cm wide, edges parallel in middle part, tapering about equally to slightly acuminate apex and slightly decurrent base; decoloured edge very narrow, reflexed; veins obscure; costa broad and slightly prominent beneath; scales on lower surface dark, appressed, ± stellate with arms of several cells, in all to 0.5 mm wide; upper surface with scattered small pits in which are shrivelled scales. Fertile frond: stipe 15 cm; lamina 15 by 2.5 cm, base rather abruptly narrowed and slightly decurrent.
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