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Parent: HYMENOPHYLLUM L.

A. Subgenus MECODIUM Cop. in Philipp. J. Sci. 64, 1937, 93.

Rhizome very slender; lamina with entire margins; indusium deeply 2-valved. About 100 spp.; type: Trichomanes sanguinolentum Forst. f.

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Fronds tufted on short stock or abbreviated rhizome 12. pulcherrimum
Fronds distributed along creeping rhizome 2
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Lamina surface bearing slender hairs 5. rufescens
Lamina surface without hairs 3
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Stipes and rhachis bearing hairs 4
Stipes and rhachis without hairs 7
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Stipes winged above; frond scented 5
Stipes not winged above; frond not scented 6
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Hairs few; lamina segs not filiform; indusia on lateral seg 6. sanguinolentum
Hairs numerous; segs filiform; indusia on terminal segs 7. villosum
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Stipes with bristly hairs; lamina dull, brownish-green, not flabellate 8. scabrum
Stipes naked except for tuft of woolly hairs at base; lamina pale green, shining, flabellate 1. flabellatum
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Stipes not winged, or very obscurely so above 8
Stipes distinctly winged for some distance 11
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Sori free or nearly so 9
Sori distinctly partly or completely immersed 10
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Fronds dark green, scented; indusia on lateral segs 6. sanguinolentum
Fronds bright green, not scented; indusia on terminal segs 9. demissum
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Lamina flabellate; stipes with tuft of woolly hairs at base 1. flabellatum
Lamina oblong in outline; stipes without tuft of woolly hairs at base 3. rarum
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Stipes winged only in upper part; frond scented 6. sanguinolentum
Stipes winged to base or nearly so; frond not scented 12
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Wing of stipes strongly crisped 10. flexuosum
Wing of stipes plane 13
13
Sori completely or partly immersed in apex of segs; fronds up to 5 dm. or more long; final segs up to 3 mm. or more broad 2. dilatatum
Sori free at apex of segs; fronds under 3 dm. long; final segs seldom up to 3 mm. broad 14
14
Lamina margins not thickened; lamina narrow-oblong in outline; indusium valves toothed or erose at apex 4. montanum
Lamina margin thickened; lamina about triangular in outline; indusium valves entire 15
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Fronds bright green, up to 25 cm. long 10. flexuosum
Fronds dull dark green, seldom over 15 cm. long 11. atrovirens