芒刺假瘤蕨 mang ci jia liu jue

Basionym: Polypodium malacodon Hooker, Sp. Fil. 5: 87. 1864; Crypsinus cartilagineoserratus (Ching & S. K. Wu) Nakaike; C. malacodon (Hooker) Copeland; Phymatodes malacodon (Hooker) Ching; Phymatopsis cartilagineoserrata Ching & S. K. Wu; P. malacodon (Hooker) Ching; Phymatopteris cartilagineoserrata (Ching & S. K. Wu) S. G. Lu; P. malacodon (Hooker) Pichi Sermolli; Pichisermollia malacodon (Hooker) Fraser-Jenkins; Pichisermollodes malacodon (Hooker) Fraser-Jenkins; Pleopeltis malacodon (Hooker) Beddome (1883), not Beddome (1876).

Rhizome ca. 3 mm in diam., densely scaly throughout; scales black or dark brown at center, pale brown toward edges, lanceolate, ca. 4 mm, margin toothed, apex acuminate. Fronds monomorphic. Stipe purplish or straw-colored, 5-10 cm, glabrous; lamina pinnatisect, 10-15 × 8-14 cm, base cordate, margin serrulate or duplicate-serrate, with sharply pointed teeth. Lateral lobes usually 1-3 pairs, lowest pair slightly deflexed at base and bending upward at apex, 5-7 × 1.5-2 cm, apex acute. Costa and lateral veins usually tortuous, veinlets hardly visible. Lamina subleathery, both surfaces glabrous, abaxial surface pale green, adaxial surface green. Sori orbicular, medial or slightly nearer to costa.

● Epiphytic on rocks; ca. 3200 m. Xizang.

The type of Phymatopsis cartilagineoserrata is a good match with that of Selliguea malacodon, which has rhizome scales with a light ciliate margin and curved pinnae with sharply aristate teeth. Chinese material previously named as Phymatopteris malacodon is here included within the following species, S. albidoglauca.