Tmesipteris ovata N.A.Wakef.

Epiphytic plants. Aerial shoots unbranched, pendulous, 5–20 cm long, growing for one season and terminating in a sterile leaf similar in length to or longer than other leaves. Leaves spirally arranged, elliptic to obovate or oblanceolate, 4–9 per cm, 6–14 mm long, 2–3.5 mm wide; surfaces shiny; apex obtuse, mucronate. Synangia restricted to upper half of shoot, testiculate, 2.5–4 mm long; length 2–2.5 times height.

Grows on trunks of Dicksonia antarctica and occasionally other tree ferns or on tree trunks in rainforest, especially in damp valleys close to streams.