Lemmaphyllum POLY PODI ACE AE Lepisorus 



1. Lemmaphyllum drymoglossoides (Baker) Ching (Ching 2:79). 1-6 cm. tall; fr. 

 V-XI; lvs. oval to linear-elliptical. China; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. On 

 rocks in shaded ravines. Fig. 28. 



6. Microsorium Link Strap Fern M.MM (Hsing Chueh Shu; Star Fern Genus) 



Usually epiphytic ferns: rhizomes creeping; scales clathrate: stipes remote, 

 articulate; lamina usually simple, herbaceous, glabrous; margins entire; veins reti- 

 culate; areolae with included forked veinlets: sori round, without paraphyses, usually 

 small and multiseriate, rarely uniseriate or biseriate. 



Key to the Species 



Sori small, multiseriate from margin to costa 1 . M. buergerianum 



Sori large, usually only uni- to biseriate 2 . M. forturwi 



1. Microsorium buergerianum (Miq.) Ching (Ching 2:85). 10-30 cm. tall; fr. IV-IX; 

 leaves broadest near base. Asia; locally in An., Ki. Stream banks. 



2. Microsorium fortunei (Moore) Ching (Ching 2:83). 30-75 cm. tall; fr. IV-XII; 

 leaves broadest in middle. Eastern Asia; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. On rocks 

 along stream banks. 



7. Neocheiropteris Christ MMM (Shan Chueh Shu; Fan Fern Genus) 



Terrestrial ferns: rhizomes widely creeping, densely scaly; scales iridescent, 

 clathrate, with protruding arms: stipes long, remote, scaly; lamina herbaceous, simple 

 and entire, or trifid, or palmately lobed, sparingly covered with peltate scales; veins 

 reticulate; areolae with included branched veinlets; lateral veins distinct; sori round 

 or oblong, in one to three rows on either side of the costa, covered by peltate clathrate 

 paraphyses. 5 species. 

 1. Neocheiropteris phyllomanes (Christ) Ching (Ching 2:89). 20-50 cm. tall; fr. 



V-X; lamina broadly ovate. East Asia; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. Stream 



banks. 



8. Crypsinus Presl Wt&WM (Ying Pien Chueh Shu; Stiff-margin Fern Genus) 



Small to medium-sized epiphytic or petrophilous ferns: rhizomes creeping; scales 

 narrowly lanceolate, attenuate: stipe remote, articulate; leaves simple, pinnate or 

 trifid, often dimorphous; margins cartilaginous and notched; main veins distinct: 

 sori usually uniseriate on each side of the costa, one between each of the lateral veins; 

 paraphyses absent, or if present filamentous. 40 species. 

 1. Crypsinus hastatus (Thunb.) Copel. ^||P (Chin Chi Chio; Golden Pheasant 



Feet) {Phymatodes hastata (Thunb.) Ching) (H.S.F. 361). 12-35 cm. tall; fr. V-X; 



leaves simple or trifid. Asia; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. Rocks, stream banks. 



Fig. 29. 



9. Lepisorus J. Sm. XWM (Wa Wei Shu; Tile-reed Genus) 



Small to medium-sized epiphytic or petrophilous ferns: leaves articulate to the 

 rhizome, simple linear to lanceolate; stipe usually short; texture coriaceous; lamina 

 bearing peltate scales, at least when young; veins anastomosing, often obscure; sori 

 large, round, uniseriate, covered with clathrate peltate paraphyses, at least when 

 young: rhizome creeping, covered with ovate to linear clathrate scales. 40 species. 



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