Plants soft, yellowish or olive green. Stems to 10 cm, leafy throughout, irregularly branched; hyalodermis absent, epidermal cells small, walls thick, similar to subadjacent cortical cells, central strand present. Leaves loosely imbricate, straight, young branch leaves slightly twisted at apex when dry, otherwise leaves little different when dry or moist, broadly ovate, rarely ovate to almost orbicular, shallowly to deeply concave, (0.8-)1-1.7(-2) × (0.6-)0.7-1.2(-1.3) mm; margins plane, entire, undulating or finely denticulate distally, especially in apex; apex gradually tapered to acute, blunt tip; costa usually double and short, arms slender, one reaching mid leaf or just beyond; alar cells few, quadrate, short-rectangular, or irregular, region not or scarcely differentiated; basal laminal cells longer than medial cells, ; medial cells rhomboid to linear-flexuose, (24-)32-52(-74) × (3-)5-6(-8) µm; apical cells similar to medial cells; marginal cells 30-60 µm, rarely reaching 60 µm. Sexual condition autoicous; . Seta orangish red, reddish brown, or deep maroon, 0.6-1.5 cm. Capsule with endostome cilia rudimentary or absent.
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