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mrnGUIS*UI NOR FUSCUS MACULATUS. 
The littl brown Bead-Snake. 
dom appear above ground, but 
af are dug up and found twifting 
about erin of fhrubs and other plants. 
_ All the back and upper part of the body 
have tranfverfe {pots of brown and white, 
fo difpofed, as to make fome refemblance 
of a ftring of beads, which feems to have 
given its Ezg/i/b name. 
It isa harmlefs Snake. 
EASHESE are always fmall, fel-_ 
Petit oo brun au ee 
ak pie terre, S entortillés autour des 
EP des autres 
plantes : tout leur dos, &F tout le deffus de 
leur corps font marqués en travers par des 
taches brunes &} blanches, difpofées de 
facon, qwelles reffemblent a2 des grains de 
racines des arbriffeaux, 
chapelet enfilés, ce gut femble leur avoir 
fait donner le nom de Serpens au Chapelet. 
Ges Serpens ne font pout dangereux. 
Corallodendron humile, fpica florum longiffima coccinea radice, cracififfimo. 
a0 Shrub rics fromisene ground with any 
ftrait, taper, pithy flalks, to the height o 
five or i fee: the upper part ae which, for ae 
are thick fet with papilionaceous 
ow at the bottom, producing fuc- 
ceffively its beautiful blofioms to the end of the 
ftalk : the flowers are fet two and ee tog gether, 
on fhort footftalks. In Auguff, the fruit is ripe, 
confifting of pods, in fhape and fize refembling 
Kidney-beans, containing ap fuch like feeds, but 
of a bright fcarlet ae In winter the whole 
Plant dies to the ground, Gene as a monument of 
fading glory its /AiGel “falls, hile remain {tand- 
as big as t 
confit of three triangular lobes, song moftly near 
the ground and lower parts of the Plant. The root 
of this pee ha an that of Bxiony, being large 
at top, r down into the earth four or five 
feet, ae ie and covered with a brown rind; 
fome of them fo large, that they weigh upwards ae 
twenty pounds, 
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Ce ue eaux 8 élevent de la terre, dla hauteur 
cing ou fix pies, par plufieurs ae droites, 
menues &F oe ui vont en dinun. 
dés tiges, dela longueur d@ environ vingt pouces, 
couvert de fleurs uinefs, ah un rouge eoarkits 
c des étamines jau i 
commencent a s ‘panouir par le bas, & continuent [uc- 
ceffi ivement julqu a la pointe de la tige: ces fleurs font 
atta deux ou trois es 2 des queues fort 
courtes. Au mois ad Aout | e@ fruit eff mur: il con~ 
fifte en des coffes, Semblables par leur as ey ie 
forme a celles des haricots, & contenant auffi d. 
feves Jemblables a ces lepumes, mats i un écarlate tres 
Us . ux approches de f Hiver toute la Plante meurt, 
a la referve de la racine, laiffant, comme un monument 
de fa gloire paffagere, fes ties feches gui reftent t fur pié 
tout [ "Hee elles font auffi groffes vers le bas, qu'une 
tres grofe canne. Les feuilles confiflent en trots lobes 
triangulaires, qui croiffent ordinairement pres de la 
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Mo. Bot. Garden, 
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