SOCTU ROS" NIGH: 
Lhe Black-Squirrel, 
CEE ex HIS Squirrel is about the fize 
of the precedent, many of thefe 
ax being intirely black : 
’ their nofes onl 
feet white, others the en 
tail white, and fome others have 
white round their sees The tails of ne are 
fomewhat lefs, and n long as thofe of the 
grey Fox-Squirrel ; 
that of fet colour, Ses to mie at 
fufficient to determine them 
mon opinion, that they are two different f{pecies. 
Thefe, with the grey Fox = Spi are ee nu- 
and deftrudtive orn in the 
merous 
for which reafon, as ais as for the dcleaey of 
their flefh, no quarter is given them. 
CALCEOLUS Marianus glaber, Petalis anguffis. Pet. H.1. 5. 
Fid. Pluk. Tab. 418. Fig, 2. 
App. 243. 
The Yellow Lany’s StrpreErR. 
HIS Plant rifes, with th 
ih twelve or fixteen 
ugh, pointed, nervous le eaves, faves te 
and jacloting their ftalk at their ae 
s yello 
ree or re ft he height 
inches ; each fem: i — three 
only white, fome their 
d of 
i Lo little Sain with 
hatdly faire deux efpeces ; cependant 
wo ese but 
by their sera Hicitelno; and other circum- 
{tances I obferved, I am Sais of the com- 
Ecureuil noir, 
g ET Ecureuil of a peu pres de la taille 
ae “pr ecédent : > plufieurs de cette efpece 
t noirs, quelques uns 
e blanc, @ autres les 
pies, d'autres le bout de la queues 
= autres ee ont du blane detour di 
ye 
We ee 
nego 
cel, 
me fembloit pas d’abord affex oo ibe pour A 
apres avoir obfervé 
maniere dont als élevent leurs petits, bois re is vi- 
vent en fociete, "autres circonfiances, 7 ai été per- 
é gue ce font deux. efpeces di aia comme on le 
croit ordinairement. Cet Ecu 
a eft fort commun, & es grand gate les yee: 
res préjudiciabes aux bleds de pagnes pou 
cette raifon, & a caufe de la dicwpe . leur cba, 
On née leur fait QUucun guarive 
Raii, Hitt, Ii; 
Sabot jaune, 
Aes te s'éleve avec trois tiges ou plus, depuis douzé 
ore ouces de hauteur: chaque tige a 
ae 8 
fale ru hoe nerv 
La fleur nait 
hollow: at the icles of wh fixed two {mall oval  ovales, yr: | de la gro 
arts or knobs, of the fize of An s. From back = derriere ae jaune & concav Bie: qu che files de 
of this w concave flower v petals, or leay diss ‘baal Fpovair une que, i fe tient ‘tout e droite, 
of different dimenfions, viz ftanding upright; two more autres plus mtinces, & tortillées, qui cété hort: 
flender and wreathed, fpreading on each fide horizontally,  xontalement, © une quatrieme, gu sétend sgt a Js 5 jointure i 
and a the joining o alk to the ovarium, to pédicule avec Povaire, auquel la fleur eff attac ces quatre 
hich the flowe ed: thefe four ay are green, thick _feuilles font dertés tachetées fort prés-a-prés a ‘ro1ge brun: 
{potted with brownith red ; the feed-ve as I remember, is e fruit, autant que je men fouviens, eff pentagone; defor 
pentagonal, of an oblong form, containing innumerable fmall  od/oneue, & contient une im, nité de femences menues, comme det 
dufty feeds. They grow on the fandy banks of rivers in Caro- — poujffiere. Fleurs croiffent fur les bords fabloneux des rivieres 
lina, lie a es nia ; from which laft place they 4 /a aroline, 4 ‘a Virginie, © dans Ja Penfilvanie ; Ceft de 
to the garden of Mr. nae Collinfon at Peck= 
ham, Te re ae flowered in perfectio 
VOL IL 
dans les jardins de Mrs 
Collinfon @ Peckham, ow clles ont fleuri en perfection, 
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