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ANGUIS GRACILIS C4:RULEO-VIRIDIS. 
Le blueifp green Snake. Serpent d’un verd bleuatre. 
SEES HIS harmlefs Snake frequents ES Serpens, qui ne fout point 
2 dangereux, fe tiennent dans 
les branches des arbres, & fe 
the branches of trees, and 
f very nimbly fquirms among Noic 
ras leaves, “living on infe&ts, which I be- eB ‘fen <i légerement entre les feuilles, 
lieve are its only food. Their ufual fize vant d’infectes, dont je cro gu il fout leur 
and length is that of the figure, They — feule nourriture. Leur groffeur & leur 
are all over green, incling more to blue Agueur ordinaire eft femblable a la figure. 
than yellow. The nofe of this fpectes L/s fout par tout le corps dun verd tirant 
turning up, fufficiently diftinguifhes it from plus fur le bleu que fur le jaune. Leur 
another green Snake I fhall hereafter de- mez, gui ef? tourné en haut, les diftingue 
{cribe. Juffifamment Pun autre ferpent verd, dont 
je donnerai ci-apres la defcription. 
Frutex baccifer, ae ia ; foliis fcabris latis dentatis, &P conjugatis ; 
accis purpureis denfe congefis. 
HESE Shrubs arife with feveral ftalks from ES Arbri es s élevent de la terre ae plufieurs 
the ground, branching out on each fide, and tiges, dot fortent des branches de chaque cote & 
in height about four or five feet: moft of the flalks — ils croiffent a Ia iat, - de quatre a cing piés : le 
are furrounded with clufters of very {mall red flowers, plu/part des tiges font entourées de bouquets de tres 
having age petals each, with yellow Stamina, and petites fleurs rouges, a quatre feuilles avec des 
at the diftance of about two inches afunder 3 étammines jaunes,® places @ la diftance d 
proceeding to flower to the top of the branch: par le bas, & continuent fucceffivement gufguw au bo wt 
from every tuft of flowers grow, oppolite to each = de la branche : de chaque bouquet de fleurs naiffent, a 
other, a pair of ferrated rough leaves 5 ie berries ; oppofite Pune de Pautre, deux feuilles rudes & den= 
which fucceed the flowers, grow in clufters, fo  relées. Les bayes qui fui fuccedent aux fleurs viennent 
clofely conneéted, that none or their footftales can en grapes; &© ces bayes font fi ferrées les unes contre 
be perceived without feparating them; whichthen  /es autres, gue fans les feparer, il eff impol ble d aper- 
difcovers them to be held together by many {mall cevuirleurs péedicules ; &F alors vous les vayex attachéees 
branching ftalks. ‘Thefe berries are covered with a a de petits pédicules blancs. Ces bayes font couvertes 
fhining red fkin, containing many very {mall feeds. a” une peau d’un rouge éclatant, & contiennent pluficurs 
They blofiom in has Z and May ; the berries are ic co riffeaus font en fleur aux mois . 
ripe in Fuly. They grow in the woods, near d Avril & de Mai, & 2 fruit eft mir en Jae 
Charles Town in Gee. 10. = cr nee dans le bois, prés de Charles-Town dan 
Ja Caroli 
