Rhizome 2-2.8 mm thick, long-creeping, phyllopods 2-9 cm apart, buds in the basal halves of the internodes. Anatomy: vascular strands 6-9, sclerenchyma sheath distinct, sclerenchyma strands c. 5, scattered. Rhizome scales squarrosely spreading, peltate, 10.5-13.3 by 1-1.3 mm, base entire, acumen dentate, shining brown. Fronds monomorphic, stalks 2-26 cm long, 0.2-0.5 0 as long as the lamina, lamina 8-35 by 1.2-3 cm, index 6-12 or more, base gradually narrowed, widest near the middle, apex obtuse to acuminate. Venation: veins distinct, veinlets simple, free, excurrent. Hydathodes absent. Stellate hairs dimorphic, a dense mat, brown, the straight upper rays acicular. Sori apical to all over the lamina, 1.5-2.5 mm wide, 2 (rarely 3) in each areole, superficial, developing acropetally. Sporangia stalked, paraphyses with curly rays. Spores with irregular ridges.
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