THE PHYTOLOGIST. 



No. XXV. 



JUNE, MDCCCXLIII. 



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Art. CXLIII. — A History of the British Equiseta. By Edward 

 Newman. (Continued from p. 535). 



Eqtjisetum palustre, var. polystachion. 



The variety of Equisetum palustre which appears to be universally 

 known by the name of polystachion^ is at once distinguished by its 

 numerous catkins ; these are usually and principally borne on the two 



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