EETINOSPOEA. 



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resinous blotches in the same way. Hence it is that Siebolcl's genus, 

 Eetinospora has not been adopted by scientific men, and the name is 

 therefore relegated to the garden, where also it must in time give 

 place to the more comprehensive and simpler generic designation. 



In the following Synopsis, the most distinct of the varieties are 

 given and described independently of the species to which they 

 are generally referred, for the purpose of simplifying tedious appel- 

 latives, consisting, in some cases, of four and even of five words — 

 Filicoides, lycopodioides, and tetragona, are forms of obtusa j filifera, 

 plumosa, and sguarrosa, are forms of pisifera. 



