Rhizomorph up to 1.5 mm below soil surface, 3-lobed, < 10 mm in diam., lycophyll primordia broadly deltate, trilobed. Lycophylls up to 40 in number, up to 140.0 x 1.5 mm, base broadly deltate with scarious margins extending up to 20 mm along the lycophyll; ligule flabellate. Velum complete. Sporangium oblong-ovate, up to 4 x 2.5 mm. Megaspores trilete, black when moist, grey when dry, nearly smooth on distal and proximal surfaces, 380-500 gm in diam. Microspores monolete, faintly granular, up to 24 x 32 gm. Ephemeral pans, rock pools and seepage areas
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