Stems short-creeping; scales bronzy deep yellow, concolored, margins entire. Leaves lax-arching (rarely pendent), closely spaced, 40-75 cm. Petiole 1-2 mm diam., glabrous, occasionally glaucous. Blade fan-shaped, pseudopedate, 1-pinnate distally, 15-30 × 15-35 cm, glabrous; proximal pinnae 3-9-pinnate; rachis straight, glabrous, occasionally glaucous. Segment stalks 0.5-1.5(-1.7) mm, dark color entering into segment base. Ultimate segments oblong, ca. 3 times as long as broad; basiscopic margin straight; acroscopic margin lobed, lobes separated by narrow incisions 0-0.9(-1.1) mm wide; apex obtuse, divided into shallow, rounded lobes separated by shallow sinuses 0.1-2(-3.7) mm deep, margins of lobes crenulate or crenate-denticulate. Indusia transversely oblong, 1-3 mm, glabrous. Spores mostly 34-40 µm diam.

Antirheumatic, astringent, demulcent, emmenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, haemostatic, pectoral and tonic (whole plant)

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Maidenhair Fern

In the treatment of nasal congestion, asthma, sore throats etc (syrup); in the treatment of ague and fevers (whole plant)