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Veins free Dryopteridaceae
Veins free
Ridges of the upper surface of the main rhachis never continuous with margin of the frond. Channel of the main rhachis glabrous or clothed with scales. Costae and costules without oblong or rounded, glandular hairs
Indusia orbicular-reniform, attached by a deep sinus, rarely interspersed with a few peltate indusia. Basal acroscopic pinnule or lobe of the middle primary pinnule much closer to the main rhachis than the basal basiscopic pinnule or lobe. Lamina often basiscopically produced. Rhizomes long-creeping. Main rhachis without scaly buds Arachniodes