Leaves alternate, broad lanceolate, entire, glabrous, the Apices curved downward.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
Each sporangium traversed by a central subcylindric hollow columella, which extends also to the branches, but does not reach to their Apices.
"The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio"
A. P. Morgan
Captain Hutton remarks:-"This is a true Tailor-bird in respect to the construction of the nest, which is composed of one leaf as a supporting base stitched to two others meeting it perpendicularly, the Apices of all three being neatly sewn together with threads roughly spun from the cottony down of seeds.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume