Plants in loose tufts, green. Stems 0.5-1.5 cm, dichotomously branched, central strand absent. Leaves loosely appressed and straight when dry, erectopatent when moist, broadly oblong-lanceolate, tapering to acute apex, 1.5-2 × 0.4-0.6 mm, larger towards stem tips, sharply keeled, margins recurved on both sides, awns absent, occasionally short hyaline points at leaf tips present, costa weak proximally, broad distally, projecting on abaxial side; basal juxtacostal laminal cells rectangular to linear, straight, thin-walled; basal marginal laminal cells rectangular, thin-walled; medial laminal cells short-rectangular with nodulose to sinuose walls, weakly papillose; distal laminal cells 1-stratose, margins 2-stratose. Gemmae absent. Sexual condition dioicous. Seta straight, 2 mm. Capsule occasionally present, exserted, yellowish brown, oblate, smooth, exothecial cells thin-walled, annulus present, operculum rostrate, peristome teeth orange, deeply split and perforated, papillose. Calyptra cucullate.
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