Leaves deltoid to ovate, base ovate or rectangular, shoulders weak or absent, distal laminal margins loosely inrolled or occasionally sharply incurved, apex channeled or somewhat cucullate, acute to broadly acute, mucro sometimes weak but usually strong, of (1-)5-9 cells; costal adaxial stereid band smaller than the abaxial; distal laminal cells 10-13 µm wide. Sexual condition autoicous. Seta elongate, 0.5-1.5 cm. Capsule stegocarpic, ovate, operculum differentiated, falling, peristome present, teeth absent, rudimentary to ligulate.