Tmesipteris ovata

Fronds unbranched or branched once, 10–20 cm long, maturing in one season. Leaves crowded (c. 4–6 per cm), obovate to oblanceolate, 8–14 mm long, smaller on older parts of branch, soft to firm; base not markedly asymmetrical; apex rounded with short, excurrent point, c. 1 mm long. Sporophyll lobes narrower and shorter than leaves. Synangium capsule4ike, 2–3 mm long, with globular lobes.