德化假毛蕨 de hua jia mao jue

Plants 85-95 cm tall. Rhizomes decumbent. Fronds few; stipes 20-25 cm, glabrous; laminae lanceolate, 60-70 × ca. 15 cm, proximal 4-10 pairs reduced and hastate; normal pinnae 20-25 pairs, pinnate-pinnatifid; middle pinnae narrowly lanceolate, ca. 10 × 1.5 cm, oblique distally, sessile, alternate, caudate-acuminate at apices; proximal several pairs slightly narrowed at bases, pinnae above middle slightly broadened at bases and rounded-cuneate, 1-pinnatifid; segments 20-25 pairs, subrectangular, ca. 6 × 3 mm, entire, obtuse-pointed at apices. Costae raised on both sides, veinlets not evident, 8 or 9 pairs per segment and all arising above base of costules, basal acroscopic vein reaching bottom of sinus, basiscopic vein reaching margin above sinus. Laminae dark green when dry, papery, with dense appressed acicular hairs along rachises, abaxial sides of costae and veins with mixed spreading acicular hairs and short setae, adaxial sides of costae densely setaceous along grooves, veinlets sparsely setaceous, glabrous on intercostal areas of both sides. Sori orbicular, attached on middle of veinlets; indusia orbicular-reniform, brown, thick, with few fine long hairs, persistent.

● Streamsides in forests; ca. 700 m. Fujian (Dehua).