Plants large, in lax tufts; saxicolous. Stems erect, to 60 mm tall, branched above; in section round, central strand absent, inner cortical cells large, becoming smaller, incrassate toward margin, red-brown, outer cortical cells in single row, substereids, red-brown. Leaves appressed with flexuose tips dry, spreading wet; ovate to oblong, subulate above, 5.0-5.5 mm long; base weakly auriculate; margins entire, plane below, convolute above; hyaline border extending from base to near apex, 2-6 cells wide below. Costa short-excurrent, toothed at tip; in section oval, guide cells 6, ventral stereid band 2 cells thick, exposed, dorsal cells slightly smaller than guide cells, incrassate, dorsal surface cells in single row, stereids. Upper laminal cells smooth, subquadrate; median cells shortly rectangular, extending to base juxtacostally, arranged in ± longitudinal rows; border cells long-linear, hyaline; alar cells enlarged, reddish brown, long-rectangular, extending to costa or cells near costa narrow and not enlarged, upper row of alar cells quadrate. Sporophyte not known.
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