A RUM MACULATUM. CuCKOW-PINT. 
ARUM Pinnai Gen. PI. Gynandria Polyandria. 
Spatha monophylla, cucuUata, Spadix fupra nudus, inferne femineus, medio 
flamineus. 
Rail Syn.Ger. 16. Herb® baccifer®. 
ARUM maculatum acaule, foliis haftatis integerrimis, lpadice clavato. Pin. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 690. 
ARUM foliis fagittatis ; fpathare&a: clava cylindrica. Haller, hijl. helv. n. 1302. 
ARUM maculatum. Scopoli FI. Carniol. n. 1138. 
ARUM vulgare maculatum. Bauhin pin. 195. 
ARUM vulgare. Gerard, emac. 834. 
ARUM maculatum et non maculatum. Parh 373. Raii Syn. p. 2 66, Wake-Robin, Cuckow-pmt. 
Hudfon. FI. Angl. p. 342. 
Bightfoot FI. Scot. p. 528. 
RADIX perennis, tuberofa, albida, magnitudine nucis 
myriflicas majoris, tranfverfa, fibras plurimas, 
fimplices undique in terram demittente, fa- 
pore acerrimo, tuberculis e lateribus egermi- 
nantibus fe propagante. 
FOLIA : ex una radice duo tria vel quatuor, rarius ! 
plura exeunt, fagittata, petiolata, nitida, ve- ■ 
nofa, venis intra marginem terminatis, maculis ; 
purpureis fiepe notata. : 
PETIOLI bafi vaginantes, fubtriquetri, externe con- • 
vexi, interne canaliculati. ; 
FRUCTIFICATIO fpathl inclufa. : 
CALYX : Spatha monophylla, maxima, oblonga, bafi < 
convoluta, apice connivens, ventre comp refla ; ' 
Spadix clavatus, fimpliciflimus, fpatha paulo ! 
brevior, purpureus aut albidus, inferne ger- : 
minibus obvallatus, marcefcens fupra germina, ; 
fig ' 4 - i 
COROLLA nulla. j 
STAMINA: Filamenta nulla : Anther® plurimae, • 
fefliles, tetragonas, purpureae, fpadici adnata;, ; 
fig- i- _ | 
NECTARIA corpufcula plurima, bafi crafla, definentia •' 
in cirrhos filiformes fupra et infra flamina, 
fig- 3 • _ i ; 
PISTILLUM: Germina plurima, bafin fpadicis vef- ;; 
tientia, infra flamina collocata, obovata : Styli ; • 
nulli: Stigmata villis barbata, fig. 2. ’ 
PERICARPIUM : Bacc® totidem, coccineae, globo- I 
fae, uniloculares, fig. 5. $ 
SEMINA plurima, fubrotunda. i 
; ROOT perennial, tuberous, whitifh, about the fize 
; of a large nutmeg, growing tranfverfely, fend- 
ing forth on every fide a great number of 
; Angle fibres, of a moft biting tafle, propaga- 
ting itfelf by little tubercles, fpringing from 
its fide. 
; LEAVES : from one root two three or four, feldom more 
proceed, arrow- fhaped, Handing on foot-flalks, 
fhining, veiny, the veins terminating within 
the margin, often marked with purple fpots. 
■ LEAF-STALKS at bottom forming a fheath, three- 
cornered, externally convex, internally chan- 
nelled. 
i FRUCTIFICATION inclofed in a fheath. 
: CALYX : a fi:cath of one leaf, very large, oblong, 
the edges wrapping over each other at bot- 
tom, at top clofing, the middle part com- 
prefled, the tongue club-fhaped, Angle, fhor- 
ter than the fheath, purple or of a whitifh 
colour, below furrounded by the germina, 
and withering above them. 
COROLLA wanting. 
STAMINA: Filaments wanting: Anther.® nu- 
merous, feflile, four cornered, purple, grow- 
to the tongue, fig. 1. 
NECTARIES feveral roundifh bodies, terminated by 
a tapering thread, placed above and beneath 
the flamina, fig. 3. 
PISTILLUM: Germina numerous, furrounding the 
bafe of the fpadix or tongue, of an oval fhape, 
placed beneath the flamina : Styles wanting • 
Stigmata bearded with little hairs, fig. 2 . 
BERRIES correfponding in number with the germina, 
fcarlet, round, of one cavity, fig. 5. 
SEED numerous and roundifh. 
BOTANISTS who have noticed the hiflory of this plant, well know that it appears under two very different 
forms in the fpring and autumn : but the generality of people are not aware, that the naked duller of fcarlet 
jr* j- C0 TO CU0US “ ' hc hedges at the clofe qf the fummer, .is the produce of what are ufually called Lords 
nuT 1 ’ whl ?\ at “ a ® tlle ? ot > ce of children in the fpring, and which are obfervable under moft lhady hedges 
The leaves of the Cuckouj-pmt are fubjeft to vary very much in their (hape, and often appear fpotted with purple’ 
rfine^purple d01:S ^ 1 the ton E lle Wltlun the Iheath varies alfo much in its colour, from a yellowifh green to 
All authors agree, that the root of the Arum, in its recent Hate, is extremely acrimonious: but they in general 
agree, that it lofes its biting quality when dried, and with it its medicinal powers. 7 S 
that lh LER th ?r roots are generally gathered b the fpring, when the leaves are in full vigour fo 
that the roots Ihnnk, and foon lofe their pungent quality ; but thofe which are taken up when the leaves decay 
will continue good a whole year, and retain their pungency the fame as when firft taken up ; Gard. Dili 4/0 c d 
I he lame mode is recommended by Bergius, in his Mat. Medic. * * * 
Tt^awiM 31 ^ powdered, they become eatable, and afford nourilhment fomewhat fimilar to fago or falep 
root > as alfo a powder prepared by drying its juice, have been in ufe as cofmetira The 
root alfo, like that of the Sopewort, has been occafionally fubftituted for fope ; Ray Rjittv 
Many of thesis have mild roots, which are eaten by the inhabitants of al‘l the hot countries, where they grow 
naturally, and fome of the forts are cultivated by the rnhabitants of the fugar colonies as efculeut plants - S the 
GW S 25 A'? e0ftWfpeCleSOfthem ’ called Ini,m Kak . are. boiled, and fupply the want of other greens; Miller's 
The berries are equally acrimonious wfith the roots ; Scopoli. 
When ftimulating medicines are proper, which at the fame time increafe the fecretions, as in fome fnecies of 
afthma and dropfy, the Anmm ay probably be found ferviceable : at prefent, however it is not much Tu fo 
pu^rpTrt^ulartyttpt"’ the r00tS " the W00dS *» eaKn b7 di «" notwithilandin’g their 
