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Limnia. Vol. VlL 1746. p. 130. Claytonia 

 Sibirica^ Sp. PI. 294. A curious plant, difcover- 

 ed by Steller in the moil eaftern parts of Sibifia^ 

 and in the iflands which lie fcattered between that 

 part of Afia and North America. 



Coluber (Cherfea) /cutis ahdominalibuS 150 /quamis 

 fubcaudalibus 34. Vol. X. 1749. p. 246, t> 6. A mod 

 venomous llnali Simke^ found in ofieries and willow- 

 holts, the bite of which is frequently fatal, and 

 much dreaded, particularly in Smoland. It is a 

 fmall animal, not more than fix inches long, and 

 is called by the Smolanders^ Afping. 



Avis Sommar Guling appellata. Vol. XL 1 750, 

 p. 127. The Oriolus Galbula^ Syft. p. 160, or 

 Golden nru/h \ defcribed and figured : fingular in 

 being a native both of northern Europe and of 

 Bengal. 



In/e5lum quod /rumenti grana interius exedit ; de^ 

 fcribed afterwards in the Syftem, under the name of 

 Mu/caFrit^ N° 994. ib. p. 179. Our author thinks 

 that every tenth grain of barley is deftroyed in 

 Sweden by this infe6l ; and that the damage occa- 

 fioned thereby, cannot amount to iefs than an 

 hundred thoufand ducats annually. 



Emberiza Ciris^ Syft. p. 313, or Painted Finch 

 of Cate/by. I. t. 44 ^ defcribed and figured, ib. 

 p. 278. 



De CharaEleribus anguium . Vol . XIII. 1752, p. 

 206. It has been obferved before, that Linn^us 

 jBrft attempted to fix the charaders of the Serpentes 

 from the number of the Jhields and /cales of the ab- 

 domen and taih He here obferves, that this cha- 

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