Rhizome-scales 5 by 1 mm, medium brown, ovate-acute; phyllopodia 5-10 mm long. Sterile frond: stipe (unwinged) to 2.5 cm; lamina of largest fronds 17 by 1.5 to 35 by 4 cm, firm but not thick, widest in upper third, gradually narrowed to decurrent base and more abruptly to narrowly rounded or broadly pointed apex; translucent edge c. 3/4 mm wide; veins not very distinct, their free apices thickened; scales on lower surface very small, stellate. Fertile frond: stipe 3½-10 cm; lamina almost as large as sterile, apex sometimes more distinctly rounded.