forming a trunk of more than 50 cm in height, the apex densely covered with scales; scales narrow with orbicular basal portion about 2 mm in diam., up to 30 by 0.5-0.8 mm, entire, glabrous, brown with dark brown central strand. stipe 15-30 cm long, thick, stramineous, densely scaly at base. Lamina simply pinnate, with numerous pinnae, dimorphic; sterile lamina 40-70 by 30 cm, oblonglanceolate with