Plants 1-2 cm, bright green, yellow-green, or bronze, somewhat glossy. Stems without stipe, simple or rarely branched. Stem leaves not seriate, appressed when dry, spreading when moist, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, plicate; base not auriculate, somewhat decurrent; margins revolute from mid alar region just proximal to apex; costa single, 2/3 leaf length; alar cells well differentiated, oblate, region large, conspicuous; medial laminal cells linear-flexuose, 1-papillose or rarely smooth, walls ± porose. Branch leaves when present, similar to stem leaves. [Seta 0.6 cm. Capsule short-cylindric; operculum unknown]. Calyptra unknown.
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