Plants small to medium-sized, scattered or loosely caespitose, dark green; terricolous. Branches erect, 2-5 mm long, arising from a light yellow, branching, aphyllus rhizome; in section rhizome round, central strand absent, cortical cells in 5-6 rows, lax, thin-walled, outer 1-2 rows smaller; branches in section round, central strand not well defined, cortical cells in 4-5 rows, thin-walled. Leaves crowded above, weakly contorted when dry, wide-spreading when wet; obovate to spathulate or broadly elliptical, 2-4 mm long; apex rounded, abruptly apiculate; base oblong; margins plane, entire. Costa short-excurrent, ventral superficial cells smooth, dorsal superficial cells prorate; in section rounded, bulging dorsally, guide cells 2, small, ventral surface cells 2, small, dorsal substereid band very small, of 4-6 cells, dorsal surface cells larger, thin-walled. Laminal cells rounded, subquadrate to hexagonal, smooth; basal cells larger, short-rectangular. Gemmae produced at stem apex on sterile and fertile plants, lenticular, to 0.3-0.6 mm in diameter, cells quadrate to hexagonal or short-rectangular. ?Dioicous. Perichaetia terminal; leaves spathulate to lingulate, 3.0-3.5 mm long, apex rounded-apiculate; costa ending well below apex. Seta very short, 0.1 mm long; capsules immersed, cleistocarpic, subglobose, rostrate, urn horizontally depressed, 1.0 mm high by 1.5 mm wide, beak 0.5 mm long, erect to oblique; exothecial cells lax, quadrate to hexagonal; stomata present at base of urn; calyptra not seen; spores round, 45-50 µm, reddish brown, granulate.
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