Anderson'S Hollyfern

Description

Rhizome: erect, forms a trunk, trunk clothed in roots.Frond: 100 cm high by 20 cm wide evergreen, monomorphic, blade/stipe ratio: 3:1 to 7:1.Stipe: green, grooved, scales dense, light brown, diminishing in size upwards, vascular bundles: 4 or more, in an arc.Blade: 1-pinnate-pinnatifid, lanceolate, base narrowed, bulblet near the tip, glossy, hair-like scales, sparse above, dense below, broader scales on rachis and costa.Pinnae: 18 to 28 pair, first pinnule pair larger, ear-like on lower pinnae, only the upper one larger higher up; pinnules adnate to the costa; margins serrulate-spiny; veins free, forked.