羽叶鳞盖蕨 yu ye lin gai jue

Basionym: Microlepia strigosa (Thunberg) C. Presl var. intramarginalis Tagawa, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 202. 1941; M. calvescens var. intramarginalis (Tagawa) W. C. Shieh.

Fronds 2-pinnatifid or 2-pinnatisect to 2-pinnate, lamina lanceolate in outline, firmly herbaceous, both surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy; pinnae many, linear-lanceolate; basal pinnules stalked, obliquely ovate-oblong or triangular-ovate, margin serrate-dentate, apex obtuse. Indusia hairy.

● Forests; 800-1600 m. Taiwan.

One of us (Serizawa) believes that this taxon is most probably of hybrid origin, Microlepia calvescens × M. strigosa.