rhizome thick, densely covered with large brown scales. stipe erect, 30-5- cm long, stramineous or faintly pinkish, densely scaly at base; scales softly herbaceous, lanceolate with round base, entire at margin, brown or paler, up to 30 by 4 mm. lamina oblong-lanceolate, truncate or broadly cuneate at base, acute at apex, pinnate with deeply lobed pinnae and distinct apical pinna, 60-90 by 30 cm; rachis scaly on upper surface; lateral pinnae 13-25 pairs, straight, linear-lanceolate, gradually narrowing towards acute apex, subtruncate at sessile or very shortly stalked base, deeply lobed 3/4 way towards costa, up to 25 cm long, 2.5-6 cm wide; apical pinna with more than a dozen serrate segments, wider than the lateral ones, ultimate segment oblong-subdeltoid, moderately acute at apex, slightly dentate at margin, 0.8-2.5 by 0.8 cm, glabrous on both surfaces; row of costal and costular areoles distinct; papyraceous, pale-green, glabroud. Sori 4-10 on a segment, 2 row along costules, 2-4 mm long, covered completely by indusia; indusia membranous, pale brown with thin white margin, toothed.