*SHOW ~ Character list.

*CHARACTER LIST
#1. plant: height/
       cm/

#2. rhizome: posture/
       1. ascending/
       2. creeping/
       3. decumbent/

#3. scale: color/
       1. black/
       2. brown/
       3. chestnut/
       4. dark/
       5. deep/
       6. iridescent/
       7. opaque at center/
       8. transparent/
       9. with central black belt/

#4. scale: shape/
       1. lanceolate/
       2. oblong/
       3. ovate/
       4. triangular/

#5. scale luminae: shape/
       1. isodiametric/
       2. multi-angular/
       3. oblong/
       4. ovate/
       5. rectangular/
       6. rhomboid/
       7. square/

#6. scale luminae: margins/
       1. dentate/
       2. denticulate/
       3. entire/
       4. erose/
       5. serrate/
       6. undulate/
       7. with spines/

#7. fronds: arrangement/
       1. closely spaced/
       2. clustered/
       3. remote/

#8. stipe: color/
       1. brown/
       2. chestnut/
       3. dark/
       4. deep/
       5. red/
       6. straw-colored/

#9. stipe: length/
       mm/

#10. lamina: color/
       1. brown/
       2. dark/
       3. deep/
       4. gray/
       5. green/
       6. pale/
       7. red/
       8. yellow/

#11. lamina: shape/
       1. elliptic/
       2. hastate/
       3. lanceolate/
       4. ligulate/
       5. linear/
       6. oblanceolate/
       7. oblong/
       8. ovate/
       9. ribbon-shaped/
       10. spatulate/
       11. vittaria-like/

#12. lamina: length/
       mm/

#13. lamina: width/
       mm/

#14. lamina: texture/
       1. herbaceous/
       2. leathery/
       3. membranous/
       4. papery/

#15. lamina: base/
       1. attenuate/
       2. cordate/
       3. cuneate/
       4. decurrent/

#16. lamina: margin/
       1. flat/
       2. recurved/
       3. revolute/
       4. straight/
       5. undulate/

#17. lamina: apex/
       1. acuminate/
       2. acute/
       3. attenuate/
       4. long caudate/
       5. obtuse/
       6. rounded/
       7. shortly caudate/

#18. sori: shape/
       1. clavate/
       2. club-shaped/
       3. elliptic/
       4. linear/
       5. ovate/
       6. rounded/

#19. sori: location/
       1. between costa and margins/
       2. close to costa/
       3. close to margin/
       4. covering abaxial surface of lamina/
       5. parallel with margin/

#20. paraphysis: color/
       1. black/
       2. brown/
       3. colorless at margin/
       4. dark/
       5. deep/
       6. transparent/

#21. paraphysis: shape/
       1. irregular/
       2. lanceolate/
       3. multi-angular/
       4. palmate/
       5. peltate/
       6. rhomboid/
       7. rounded/
       8. scalelike/
       9. squamous/
       10. stellate/

#22. paraphysis: luminae: margins/
       1. entire/
       2. protruding/
       3. with spines around sides/

#23. distribution: elevation/
       m/

#24. distribution: province/
       1. Anhui/
       2. Chongqing/
       3. Fujian/
       4. Gansu/
       5. Guangdong/
       6. Guangxi/
       7. Guizhou/
       8. Hainan/
       9. Hebei/
       10. Heilongjiang/
       11. Henan/
       12. Hubei/
       13. Hunan/
       14. Jiangsu/
       15. Jiangxi/
       16. Jilin/
       17. Liaoning/
       18. Nei Mongol/
       19. Qinghai/
       20. Shaanxi/
       21. Shandong/
       22. Shanxi/
       23. Sichuan/
       24. Taiwan/
       25. Xinjiang/
       26. Xizang/
       27. Yunnan/
       28. Zhejiang/

#25. distribution: adjacent country/
       1. Bhutan/
       2. India/
       3. Japan/
       4. Korea/
       5. Laos/
       6. Myanmar/
       7. Nepal/
       8. Philippines/
       9. Russia/
       10. Sri Lanka/
       11. Thailand/
       12. Vietnam/