Plants small, soft, fairly weak-stemmed; pale green to pale yellow brown; capitulum not 5-radiate or only weakly so, may be tinged with red; loose to somewhat compact. Stems pale green to pink; superficial cortex of undifferentiated. Stem leaves 0.7-1 mm (to 1.2 mm in hemiisophyllous forms) elongate-triangular to triangular-lingulate, apex obtuse-erose, to apiculate; usually fibrillose at least apically; in hemiisophyllous forms spreading and in anisophyllous forms appressed; hyaline cells often septate at base. Branches moderately long and tapering, unranked to weakly 5-ranked, leaves not much elongated at distal end. Branch fascicles with 2 spreading and 2-3 pendent branches. Branch stem cortex enlarged and with conspicuous retort cells. Branch leaves 1-1.7 mm, ovate-lanceolate, undulate and recurved when dry; hyaline cells on convex surface with 3-10 round pores per cell in the cell angles and free, on concave surface with round wall thinnings in the ends and angles. Sexual condition unknown. Spores not seen.
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