Rhizome stout, 5-15 mm. diam., much branched, subterranean; stipites distributed. Stipes 10-30-(50) cm. long, rigid, dark brown, shining, hairy when young. Rhachis stout, brown, hairy when young, with distant opp. to subopp. pinnae. Lamina 20-60-(100) cm. or more long; broadly deltoid to broadly ovate-oblong, coriac., dark green, ± hairy below and on costae and costules, 2-3-(4)-pinnate; veins free, mostly forked. Primary pinnae 5-20 × 2-10 cm., broad-ovate to deltoid, shortly stalked, subopp. to opp., often with single subbasal seg. Secondary pinnae alt., ovate-lanceolate: (a) lower up to 15 × 5 cm., very shortly stalked, pinnatisect to pinnate; segs linear, decurrent, up to 4 cm. long; main veins prominent, veinlets distinct. Upper with few segs to entire: (b) again distinctly pinnate; pinnules with a few basal lobes to entire, up to 2-4 cm. × 2-5 mm. Sori us. cop., continuous along margins of segs. Indusium inconspicuous.