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        Feature choroFeature = getFeature(state, FloraHellenicaTransformer.uuidFloraHellenicaChorologyFeature,

                "Chorology", "The Chorological Category", "Choro", null);

        CategoricalData catData = CategoricalData.NewInstance(choroFeature);

        String[] splits = value.split(" & ");

        replaceDirection(splits, line);

                }

            }

        }

        desc.addElement(catData);

    }