Leaves oblong-lanceolate to long-elliptical, apex acute, mucronate, margins recurved at base, bordered in proximal 2/3 to throughout with 3-5 rows of thicker-walled cells, 1-3:1; costa short-excurrent, lacking an adaxial pad of cells, distally very gradually narrowing, 3-5 cells across the weakly convex adaxial surface; distal laminal cells rounded-hexagonal, (10-)15-18 µm wide, 1:1, strongly papillose with 4-5 2-fid papillae. Sexual condition autoicous. Sporophytes exerted. Seta 1-3 cm. Capsule stegocarpic, not systylius, cylindric, erect and nearly straight, urn 4-6 mm; peristome 1700-2000 µm, teeth of 32 filaments twisted at least 1 full turn, basal membrane high, ca. 1000 µm; operculum ca. 1.5-2.5 mm. Spores (8-)12-18 µm, spheric, finely papillose.