Hypolepis punctata Mett. ex Kuhn

Rhizome 1.5-4 mm in diam., with pale brown hairs to 2 mm. Stipe pale chestnut-brown, distally sometimes becoming yellow-brown or darker, 15-75 cm, 2-4 mm in diam., smooth or slightly rough, with sparse, brown-tinged, glandular and eglandular hairs to 2 mm; rachis pale chestnut-brown or yellow-brown throughout, hairs similar to those of stipe; lamina 3(or 4)-pinnate, ovate to broadly ovate in outline, (22-)35-80(-100) × 17-27(-70) cm, iridescent when dry, firmly herbaceous or papery, abaxially with fine, colorless or brown-tinged, glandular and eglandular hairs rather variable in length and density, adaxially with hairs similar but shorter and sparser; pinnae 8-15(-25) pairs, opposite or subopposite, largest at or near base, narrowly triangular, triangular, or ovate, 9-50 × 3.5-20 cm; pinnules oblong or narrowly triangular, 2-11 × 1-4 cm; ultimate pinnules oblong, 4-19 × 2-8 mm, apex obtuse. Sori circular or ovate, without hairs between sporangia, unprotected.