Plants rather robust, bronze to reddish plants. Stems black, cortex 1-layered, pores absent, wood cylinder blackish-brown. Stem leaves oblong-ovate, 2 mm, apex concave-obtuse; hyaline cells often 1-divided, fibrillose, porose to base, pores on both surfaces in continuous commissural rows, fewer and scattered below. Branches short, tumid, in fascicules of 2 (1 spreading). Branch leaves erect-appressed, ovate-oblong, 2.5-3 mm, deeply concave, broadly acute; hyaline cells on the outer surface with some pseudopores in ± continuous commissural rows but few and somewhat scattered toward base, on the inner surface with many pores and some pseudopores in discontinuous commissural rows; in cross-section green cells barrel-shaped, equally exposed, hyaline cells somewhat convex on both surfaces. Crum 1995.

Plantas bastante robustas, col bronzo a rojizo. Tallos negros, corteza uniestratificada, poros ausentes, cilindro leñoso marrón-negruzco. Hojas del tallo oblongo- ovadas, 2 mm, ápices cóncavo-obtusos; células hialinas frecuentemente divididas 1 vez, fibrilosas, porosas en la base, filas continuas de poros en ambas superficies de la comisura, pocos y dispersos en la región inferior. Ramas cortas, tumescentes, en fascículos de 2 (1) ramitas patentes. Hojas de las ramas erecto-adpresas, ovado-oblongas, 2.5-3 mm, profundamente cóncavas, anchamente agudas; células hialinas en la superficie externa con algunos pseudoporos comisurales en  filas ± continuas, pero pocos y algo dispersos hacia la base, superficie interna con muchos poros y algunos pseudoporos comisurales en filas discontinuas; en corte transversal células verdes en forma de barril, igualmente expuestas, células hialinas algo convexas en ambas superficies. Crum 1995.