Diplazium ASPLENIACEAE-BLECHNACEAE Monachosorum 



5. Diplazium grammitoides (Hook.) Presl {Asplenium grammitoides Hook.) (H. S. F. 

 491). 20-40 cm. tall; fr. VI-X; lvs. narrowly lanceolate, or linear. China, Japan; 

 locally in Ki., Ku. Hillsides. 



6. Diplazium esculentum (Retz.) Sw. {Asplenium esculentum (Retz.) Presl) (H. S. F. 

 244). 50-160 cm. tall; fr. VII-XI; lvs. variable in size and cutting. East Asia; 

 locally in An., Che., Ki. Edge of water by streams. 



7. Diplazium squamigerum (Mett.) Christ {Asplenium squamigerum Mett. ) (H. S. F. 

 237). 30-45 cm. tall; fr. V-X. East Asia; locally in Ki. Wooded hillsides. 



8. Diplazium giganteum (Baker) Ching {Gymnogramme gigantea Bak.) (DeV. F. 104). 

 1-2 m. tali; fr. V-XI. China, India; locally in Ki. Wooded hillsides. 



9. Diplazium chinense (Baker) C. Chr. {Asplenium chinense Baker) (H. S. F. 237). 

 45-70 cm. tall; fr. VII-X; basal pair of pinnules alternate, 1-4 cm. from rachis. 

 East Asia; locally in An., Che., Ku. Damp woods, gardens. 



4. Cornopteris Nakai 4&MWM (Wu Pao Chueh Shu; Exindusiate Fern Genus) 

 Medium sized ferns growing in damp woods: leaves subdeltoid, deeply bipinnatifid 

 to tripinnate, glabrous; pinnae ascending; lowermost pinnae longest; veins free, pin- 

 nately forked; scales on stipe few, thin, entire, lanceolate; spines along costae on 

 upper surface: sori round or oblong, on the veins, frequently doubled, exindusiate. 

 About 12 species. 



Cornopteris decurrenti-alata (Hook.) Nakai {Gymnogramme decurrenti-alata Hook.) 

 (H. S. F. 377). 50-90 cm. tall; fr. VII-X; lvs. turn very dark when dried. China, 

 Japan; locally in Ki. By streams in woods. 



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21. MONACHOSORACEAE Ching -ytMMft (Kuang Yeh Chueh K'o) 

 Terrestrial or petrophilous ferns: rhizome without scales or true hairs, but its apex 

 covered with a mucilaginous excretion in which are minute brown hairs: leaves pin- 

 nate to quadripinnate, stipitate; stipes clustered, not articulate to the rhizome; veins 

 free: sori terminal on veins, round, exindusiate. One genus. 



1. Monachosorum Kunze ^t%WM (Kuang Yeh Chueh Shu; 

 Bright-leaved Fern Genus) 

 Characters of the family. 5 species. 



Key to the Species 



Leaves pinnate 1 . M. mammoiviczii 



Leaves tripinnatifid 2 . M. flagellare 



1 . Monachosorum maximowiczii (Baker) Hayata {Polypodium maximoiviczii Baker) 

 (H. S. F. 504). 17-35 cm. tall; fr. VI-X; stoloniferous. China, Japan; locally in 

 Ki. Dripping rocky caves. Fig. 20. 



2. Monachosorum flagellare (Maxim.) Hayata {Polypodium flagellare Maxim.) (DeV. 

 F. 83). 35-60 cm. tall; fr. VII-XI; lower pinnae not shortened. China, Japan; 

 locally in Ki. Dripping rocky caves. 



22. BLECHNACEAE Presl mfflft (Yii Chueh K'o; Feather Fern Family) 

 Terrestrial, scandent or subarborescent ferns: rhizomes thick, creeping or erect, 

 covered with non-clathrate scales: leaves uniform or dimorphic, stipitate, not articulate 

 to the rhizome; veins free or reticulate, with 1-3 costal areolae: soti oblong to linear, 



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