Plants bronze to brown, in rather compact masses, to 6 cm. Stem cortex 1 -layered, pores absent, wood cylinder pale yellow. Stem leaves oblong-elliptic, 2-2.2 mm, apex rounded; hyaline cells fibrillose throughout, mostly 1-3-divided; on the outer and inner surfaces with few scattered, commissural pores and pseudopores. Branches crowded, short, stout, often curled at the tips, in fascicles of 5 (3 spreading). Branch leaves not secund, rounded-ovate, 2.2-2.8 mm, apex short concave-acute; hyaline cells on the outer surface with several to numerous pseudopores at commissures, on the inner surface somewhat fewer; in cross-section green cells oblong, equally exposed on both surfaces, the hyaline cells distinctly convex on both surfaces. Crum 2001.

Plantas color bronce a marrón, en masas bastante compactas, hasta 6 cm. Tallo con corteza uniestratificada, sin poros, cilindro leñoso amarillo pálido. Hojas del tallo oblongo-elípticas, 2-2.2 mm, ápices redondeados; células hialinas fibrilosas a lo largo, generalmente 1-3-divididas; superficies externa interna con pocos poros esparcidos en la comisura. Ramas agregadas, cortas, robustas, a menudo rizadas at los extremos, en fascículos de 5 (3 ramitas patentes). Hojas de las ramas no secundas, redondeado-ovadas, 2.2-2.8 mm, ápice corto cóncavo-agudo; células hialinas en la superficie externa de la comisura con varios a numerosos pseudoporos, en menor cantidad en la superficie interna; en corte transversal células verdes oblonga, expuestas de la misma manera en ambas superficies, células hialinas conspicuamente convexas en ambas superficies. Crum 2001.