Pteridrys syrmatica (Willd.) C.Chr. & Ching

Terrestrial fern, usually solitary; rhizome short, erect; scales narrowly ovate, c. 6–8 mm long, auriculate, brown; fronds in a crown. Stipe c. 20–35 cm long, slender, grooved above, with scattered, basal scales. Fronds suberect to arching, c. 23–38 cm long, glabrous, firmtextured, bipinnatisect, the terminal pinna similar to laterals; pinnae oblong, c. 8–15 cm long, subsimilar, pinnatisect, abruptly long-acuminate and serrate, truncate at base with stalks c. 4–12 mm long; lobes narrowly oblong, usually 10–20 mm long, obtuse, serrate, with a prominent, small tooth at sinus base; veins all free. Sori small, circular, in single rows on either side of midveins of pinna lobes; indusium reniform, thin.

Frequent in the primary rainforest on the plateau and upper terraces, in deep or sometimes shallow soil, often surrounded by a carpet of Bolbitis heteroclita, or among shrubs.