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Ar. Maculatum, Cuckoo-pint or Wake-robin ; with 
halberd-shaped, entire leaves ; spadix or flower-spike 
club-shaped, blunt. Not uncommon in hedges and 
among brushwood. 
Ar. Triphyllum , Zebra-flowered Arum ; with trifo- 
liate leaves, leaflets oval-pointed ; native of North Ame- 
rica ; is the largest and most beautiful of the genus, 
and has been introduced into the gardens of this coun- 
try. Bot, Mag. xxiv. 950. 
Monadeepx-iia. 
Pinus. Gen. char.- — (I) Cal. scale of the catkin 
peltate ; cor. none ; anthers sessile, attached to the 
scales. (2) Cal. scale of the catkin two-flowered ; 
cor. none ; nut one-celled, winged. 
Pin. Sylvestris, Scotch Fir ; with double, rigid, li- 
near, acute leaves ; younger cones on foot-stalks bent 
back ; summit of the anthers small. Not unknown in 
the elevated districts of Scotland, and the only species 
indigenous to the island. 
Pin. Cedrus, the Cedar Pine ; Pin. Larix, the 
Larch-Tree ; Pin. Picea, the Pitch Pine, and some 
other species, — are natives of other parts of Europe, of 
the north of Asia, or of America. 
Rxcinus. Gen. char. — (1) Cal. five-parted, cor. 
none, stamens numerous. (2) Cal. three-parted, cor. 
none, styles three, caps, three-celled. 
Ric. Communis, Common Oil-nut Tree ; with deep- 
ly divided leaves. This plant, which has been long 
known by the trivial name of Palma Christi, is cultivat- 
