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RAEN AT TOR ROE ST RAGS 
The Land Frog. 
ack and upper part of this Frog is 
pee thick {potted with dark brown 
fpots; th dufky white, and faintly 
{potted ; the irides of the eyes red. The 
what in colour; fom? being miore 
Brey, others inclining to brown: their bo- 
dies are large, refembling more a Toad 
they do not crawl as Toa ; but 
féch moft é ather, yet are very 
frequent in the higher linds, an in th tte 
time day. hey f ies, Peet of 
one kind, which the following accident onfirrit: 
as I was fitting, in a fultry g, with " c sotapin 
without doors, ene of us let fall, from a pipe of tobac 
fome light burning afhes, which was feceetaely etched 
up an allowe a Frog of this kind, Thi 
us upon tempting him with a red-hot wood-coal, not he 
than the end of one ger, whith he {wallowed 
gteedily: thus afterwards I always found o r other 
of them eafily deceived in this manner, as I imagine, by 
taking it to be a Cicindela, or Fire-Fly, waich, in ho 
nights, are very numerous in Virgznia aad Carolina, where 
allo nae ape abound. 
SARRACE NA, foliis longioribus &S angifliorib US 5 
Plu 
Firginianum, &c. 
Ss a ae the eine Plate oe two Plants of the fame 
gen which, in many parts of their lea agree 
wit the defeription of ea other, I found it ae to refer from 
he to the other, in order to explain fom which are not 
alike eo in both Plates, ene Doaeiuenty cannot give fo per 
feét an idea without fuch referen 
The leaves of this Plarit are eabalaus and ribbed, arifing from 
knotty fibrous toot; to the height of about three feet: they are fall 
at the root, widening gradually to the mouth of the tub 
in young leaves, are clofed, but open by degrées, as a a - 
che : — hen near its full ae arches over the mouth of 
of a friar’s cowl, This cowl expands itfelf 
n form ig. 1 0) 
cl foe leaf is at full big gnels, a its trade of 4 greenifh yellow, 
veined > Fig. 3 . yet retaining fémewhat the ante it 
fre had, by banging over the mouth of the tube, which otherwife 
wi b 
would be filled with rain, and fall y the wéight of water; it bein 
of a thin fubftance, and of a yellowifh green tolou?, “The flowers, 
which hang inclining, grow each fingle foorftalk, of betwe 
nd three f high, fpringing from the root, in like mani 
e 
apices, hanging by hic x 
a ftilus, a pentagonal thi embrane, in form of a fhield, hang- 
ing horizontally ; een the intercefles of which hang five thin 
petals, os from the bafis of the ovarium: on the t placed 
0 a fe€tions, and completes the whole Hower, 
continuin oe 0 eo, fall off, leavirg the remains of t 
which continue fevera ths in the itate and form repre 
the next PI Bes The capfula, or feed-veflel inclotes 
from which it feparates when the feeds are ripe, and divides 
parts, h of which is again divided by a thin men 
which ten cells are formed, i ch the feeds lie. Fig. 4 
under part o e flower, t ars when f{pread open, wit 
fhield refle&ted, refembling fomewhat the feat of a fide-f 
which, in 2 San d its name of fide-fa 
ogs and watery places in Carolina, 
Mary!ad, and Penfylvania. 
yy OoL i, 
ko Simp... 
secnoullie de Terre. 
dos & le deffus de cette Gr Gala ae as 
2&9 tachetés de mi varques dun brit 
% proches les unes des seul le 
ane fale & 
rouge 
ay 
a 
run 
awe ee) 
Hf lies nerampent pas comme les 
aux, mats elles fautent. On eh voit d’avantage dans | 
temps humides: elles font cepen t communes dans les terres 
‘levees, €F parciffent dans le ie le a ch, a di Jour; clles fe 
le ces C, ies 
iy a fi Ie aed 
_Bucanept ayllon elatins 
ey eR 
OMME cette igen e. €F la fuivante repréfentent des Pinntes du 
mime oe es t plufieurs parties convienncnt dans leur agile 
t a pr epos de renvoyer r aun He os mcbe a gaite 
la a a i ce 2 fare ae egpuitire 
ed bien repre gfente dew che. 
n dinner ui fez ehakie fe 
lq 
aA 
ae 
Je £ 
~Es 
confé= 
Hees a ilies di Fae font “tubulenge es FP a cétes : elles s*élevent 
dune racine nef @ f fibreuje a la pee a eneliee tr ois ies ; fag a 
tae elit ver. ae b : oelarg ty sq 
= 
s&s 
fe lle 
fe fur erture du Wee comme le niin a Oy Re (CL 
bie hon tend jufqu’a ce gue la feuille ceffe de croitre: il ¢ wn 
verddtre par deauns avec des veines violetses, Vig. 24 I retient cependant 
elque chufe de la pofition qwil aveit daberd, ant toujours panché ‘ur 
Ponverture > Gui cutrement fe rempliroit de e pluye, & tomberoit pat 
le poidt de cette eau, car if et dun “pees tr és mince, FP d'un verd ti- 
rant fur le fat les flurs, gut jo renverfees, font attachées chacune 4 
wile 
2 deux a treis ee de long, Gui hail te la racine dela méme ma- 
es feuil Landis que oe + oe Povaire oft entour id 
5 fommets jounes. clteches & 
en ee de Aa a aes a re ov aire par un p fen, & 
iz6ii ge ent? es fe 
bale de 1 
"cucire: fur le kant o abd le calice, le (My 
1 1 festions qui i acheve la wompiofs ion de toute la fleur, qu ne demeure pas 
d oi ee pitales témbent aprés, avoir 
duvé un on deux fours, laifjant la fleur, st continue plufis curs mois 
ae 
ce ae ae ene as "eprint don la ph ion 
3 Ld 
Si ae 
land ey 
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fimences 
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