Plants in loose or brown tufts, dark green, dull. Stems 1-2 cm. Branch leaves erect-spreading, flexuose and somewhat crisped when dry, lanceolate, gradually subulate, 2-4 mm, margins occasionally distally 2-stratose; costa 35-50 µm at base; distal laminal cells mostly subquadrate (1-2:1), 8-11 µm wide, papillose on the dorsal surface; basal laminal cells elongate, smooth, sometimes porose, alar cells gradually enlarged. Perichaetial leaves similar to the cauline. Perigonia terminal on separate branches or located well below the perichaetia. Capsule not ribbed when dry, urn 1-1.2 mm. Spores 13-23 µm.