琉璃节肢蕨(原变种) liu li jie zhi jue (yuan bian zhong)

Polypodium himalayense Hooker, Sp. Fil. 5: 91. 1863; Pleopeltis himalayensis (Hooker) Beddome; Polypodium venustum Wallich ex C. B. Clarke (1880), not Desvaux (1811), nor Blume (1828).

Rhizome scales broad at base, ca. 4 mm in diam., margin ciliate. Stipe stramineous or dark stramineous, 10-20 cm, glabrous; lamina 20-40 × 10-20 cm; pinnae 1-4 pairs, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 10-15 × 3-4 cm, base rounded or subcordate. Lamina herbaceous, both surfaces pubescent. Sori conspicuous.

Epiphytic on tree trunks; 1700-2800 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, N Myanmar, Nepal].