64 FLORAl, EMBLEMS. 



ARDOUR. 



CUCKOW-PINT. Arum maculatum. 



*' Voyez, 6 prodige etonnant ! 

 I/ Arum, qu' admire 1'Italie, 

 Si le naeud de 1'hymen la lie, 

 Lancer, de son spadix brulant, 

 Un feu bien plus etincelant 

 Qu' a toute autre heure de sa vie." 



The phenomenon which this plant displays 

 at the period of impregnation, determined the 

 poets to make it the emblem of ardour. 



ARGUMENT. 



FIG. Ficus. 



" Beneath his ample leaf, the luscious fig." 



Thompson. 



This emblem is derived from the circum- 

 stance of Cato's taking a fig in his hand, when 

 he stimulated the Roman senators to declare 



