Lastreopsis Ching >
Ridges of the upper surface of the main rhachis continuous with the thickened margin of the pinnae (Fig. 11). Channel of the main rhachis glanduloso-pubescent or clothed densely with articulate, reddish, unbranched hairs. Costae and costules with scattered, red or yellow, oblong or rounded, glandular hairs. Indusium mostly orbicular-reniform or rarely peltate Lastreopsis
Main rhachis clothed on the lower surface with short, soft hairs and often with dark brown, narrowly lanceolate to ovate, bullate or flattened scales; channel on the upper surface with non-club-shaped, non-glandular, acute or obtuse hairs of 3–5 cells with red or red-brown articulations. Indusium orbicular-reniform (or often orbicular in L. acuminata)
Upper pairs of primary pinnae with a basal secondary pinna arising from the main rhachis. Rhizome shortly creeping with closely spaced stipes. Sori almost marginal but never in a row around the margin. Indusium light brown, often with a dark centre; the margin glandular-fimbriate. Scales of the main rhachis dark brown, lanceolate to ovate, rarely absent. Plants 25–90 cm high. Widespread. RF or sometimes on hillsides in tall open forests Lastreopsis decomposita