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364 FLORA OF TAIWAN 27. THELYPTERIDACEAE 金星蕨科 TSAI, JINN-LAI and SHIEH, WANG-CHUENG Terrestrial ferns; rhizomes usually creeping but not dorsiventral in structure, dictyostelic; rhizome- scales usually rigid, not peltate at the base, bearing unicellular needle-like hairs on margins and often on surfaces. Stipes containing 2 vascular bundles at the base and uniting to form a single strand U- shaped in section; laminae usually oblong