Plants to 17 × 2-3 mm. Stem branched; axillary hyaline nodules absent; central strand present. Leaves as many as 20 pairs, lorate to lanceolate, acute to rounded, apiculate, to 2.35 × 0.35-0.65 mm; dorsal lamina usually rounded proximally, ending at insertion, sometimes ending before insertion or slightly decurrent; vaginant laminae 1/2 leaf length, ± equal, minor lamina ending on or near margin; margin mostly crenulate on dorsal and ventral laminae, mostly serrulate on vaginant laminae and distally, elimbate; costa variable in length, even on same plant, excurrent into apiculus to ending several cells before apex, taxifolius-type; lamina cells 1-stratose, distinct, smooth, slightly bulging, firm-walled, quadrate to irregularly hexagonal, 6-15 µm, somewhat larger justacostally, marginal row thinner, paler. Sexual condition dioicous(?); perigonia unknown; perichaetia on short proximal stems and axillary in proximal leaves. Sporophytes, calyptra, and spores not known.
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