毛禾蕨 mao he jue

Polypodium mollicomum Nees & Blume, Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 11: 121. 1823; Ctenopteris mollicoma (Nees & Blume) Kunze.

Stipe 5-12 mm, with dense hairs up to 3 mm. Lamina narrowly elliptic or linear-oblong, 3-8 × 0.7-1.2 cm, base attenuate, apex attenuate or acuminate; pinnae inclined or widely ascending; middle pinnae largest or nearly so, narrowly oblong, 4-7 × 1-2 mm, entire; rachis dark brown, slightly prominent on both sides at base; costae and veins hidden; hairs on all parts of leaf simple, solitary, 1-3-forked hairs sometimes also present on abaxial side, hairs on adaxial surface and margin longer, up to 2.5 mm, those on abaxial surface shorter (only 1/2-2/3 in length). Sori orbicular.

Moss-covered tree trunks in dense wet mountain forests; 1400-1900 m. Taiwan (Pingdong, Taidong) [Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam].