Plants moderately robust and lax; terminal bud somewhat enlarged; yellow-green to light brownish green. Stems yellow-green; superficial cortex of 1-2 layers of moderately enlarged cells. Stem leaves broadly oblong-triangular, 1.2-1.5 mm; mostly appressed to stem; apex obtuse; hyaline cells narrow, usually nonseptate, efibrillose and aporose on convex surface near apex, on concave surface usually efibrillose with irregular pores along commissures in distal portion of leaf. Branches with loosely imbricate leaves; often 5-ranked; leaves little to somewhat elongated at distal end. Branch fascicles with 2 spreading and 2-3 pendent branches. Branch stems green, with cortical cells in 1 layer with conspicuous necks. Branch leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate; 2-3.5 mm; flat and undulate at margins and recurved at apex when dry; straight; margins entire; hyaline cells on concave surface with very numerous, small ringed or unringed pores along the commissures, 5-12 in distal portion of leaf and 20-27 in proximal portion, convex surface with 5-15 pores per cell in distal portion of leaf and 14-21 in proximal portion, pores usually without a ring; chlorophyllous cells triangular to trapezoidal in transverse section and exposed slightly on concave surface. Sexual condition dioicous. Spores ca. 30 µm; very slightly roughened.
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