舌蕨(原变种) she jue (yuan bian zhong)

Acrostichum marginatum Wallich ex Fée, Mém. Foug. 2: 31. 1845, not Linnaeus (1759), nor Schkuhr (1809); Elaphoglossum fuscopunctatum Christ; E. pendulifolium Tagawa.

Rhizome scales dark brown, lanceolate, 4-5 mm, membranous, margin ciliate. Sterile fronds: stipe 7-10 cm, base with thin, brown, ovate scales, distal scales smaller and narrower; lamina 15-30 × 2-2.5 cm, surface with scattered branched or stellate hairs, apex acuminate or acute; midrib abaxially scaly when young, secondary veins somewhat hidden.

On moss-covered rocks and tree trunks in forests; 400-2600 m. Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal].