黑苞鳞毛蕨 hei bao lin mao jue

Rhizome erect to ascending. Fronds caespitose; stipe castaneous, 30-40 cm, scaly at base, lower scales ovate, ca. 7 × 3-4 mm, entire, base amplexicaul, apex acute, upper ones gradually narrowed; lamina ovate, ca. 34 × 25 cm, bipinnate to tripinnatifid, base cordate, apex acuminate; pinnae subopposite, triangular-lanceolate, falcate, base truncate, subsessile, apex acuminate, basal ones largest, ca. 17 cm, bipinnatifid, shortly stalked, apex caudate-acuminate, basiscopic pinnules oblong, 9-10 × ca. 2.5 cm, base cuneate, margin duplicate-serrate, apex obtuse; segments oblong, ca. 1.5 × 0.6 cm, base cuneate, margin duplicate-serrulate, apex obtuse. Lamina herbaceous-membranous. Indusia orbicular-reniform.

● Taiwan (Alishan).