Excerpt from A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns: Containing Species and Varieties, None of Which Are Included in Any of the Eight Volumes of "Ferns, British and Exotic," Amongst Which Are the New Hymenophyllums and Trichomanes Onychium - From onyx - a claw, in reference to the shape of the lobes. Auratum - Golden, in reference to the colour of the involucres. AN evergreen stove species, and very handsome. Native of the East Indies, Malay Islands, Manilla, Luzon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.