Plants glossy. Stems 2-6(-13) cm, branches 3-8(-17) mm. Stem leaves broadest at 1/10 leaf length or below, 0.5-1.3(-2.6) × 0.4-0.9(-1.8) mm; base rounded to insertion; margins plane or recurved proximally; alar cells 12-20 × 10-15 µm, region subquadrate, small, ± distinct, often surrounded by subquadrate cells in ± extensive, indistinctly delimited group; laminal cells 30-75(-100) × 4-6 µm, smooth; basal juxtacostal cells 7-10 µm wide. Branch leaves 0.2-1.3(-1.9) × 0.2-0.5(-1) mm; costa to 60-90% leaf length; laminal cells just before apex short, nearly isodiametric or irregular in shape. Seta 1-1.8 cm. Capsule 1.5 mm. Spores slightly papillose.