Rhizome 3-6 mm thick, short, phyllopods contiguous. Anatomy: vascular strands (5-)8-15, sclerenchyma sheath distinct, sclerenchyma strands many, scattered. Rhizome scales spreading, pseudopeltate, 2.6-9.4 by 0.7-1.3 mm, base entire, acumen entire to denticulate, light brown. Fronds monomorphic, sessile, 11-72 by 1-8 cm, index 6-20 or more, base gradually narrowed, widest above the middle, apex acute to acuminate. Venation: veins distinct, veinlets simple or rarely forked, free, excurrent. Hydathodes distinct. Stellate hairs monomorphic, a sparse to dense mat, sometimes fugacious, brown, straight rays acicular. Sori apical, closely packed to shortly spaced, 1.5-2.5 mm wide, 2 sporangia, several in a row in each areole, superficial, developing acropetally. Sporangia stalked, paraphyses not differentiated. Spores finely and sparsely granulate.
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