Stifferect herbs, rhizomes long, creeping, black, scales ovate-lanceolate. × Fronds distant; laminae 20-50 10-20 cm, apices caudate with apical pinna similar to lateral ones; lateral pinnae 10-25 pairs, × linear-lanceolate, 5-10 1 cm; segments 20- × 30 pairs on middle pinnae, triangular, 3-5 2- 4 mm. Sori orbicular, medial to submarginal, proximal 1 or 2 pairs of veins sterile; indusia sparsely hairy. Sporangia bear reddish orange and spherical glands on stalks. Reproductive structures: Sporophylls produced throughout the year