122 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Aconitum napellus — jVIonkshood. Gaelic : fuath mhadhaidh 

 (Shaw), the wolf's aversion. Ctwaichd iiihduaich (Armstrong), 

 monkshood. Welsh : bleiddag, from bleidd, a wolf, and tag, 

 choke. 



Nigella damascena — Chase the devil. Gaelic : lus an fhog- 

 I'aidh, the pursued plant. Irish : ins inhic Raonail^ MacRonald's 

 wort. Not indigenous, but common in gardens. 



Pseonia officinalis — Peony. Gaelic : lus a phione. A corrup- 

 tion of Paon, the physician who first used it in medicine, and 

 cured Plato of a wound inflicted by Hercules. Welsh : bladeu'r 

 brenifi, the king's flower. Irish : lus phoinc. 



Berberidace^. 



Berberis vulgaris — Barberry. Gaelic : barbrag (a corruption 

 from Phccnician word barar)^ the brilliancy of a shell ; allud- 

 ing to their shining leaves. Greek ySep/3epi, berberi, a shell. Preas 

 nan gear dhearc^ the sour berry-bush. Preas dei/gneach, the 

 prickly bush. Irish : barbrog. 



NvMPH^ACEiE. 



(From vv/xcfir], nyniphe, a water-nymph, referring to their habitats.) 



Nymphsea alba — White vvater-lil3\ Gaelic : duilcag bhaite 

 bhan, the drowned white leaf. 



*' Feur lochain is tachair, 

 An cinn an duilcas' bhaite.'^'' — M'Intyre. 



"ti 



Water, grass, and algce, 

 Where the water lily grows. 



*' O Uli righ nam fleuran." — M*DoNALD. 

 O lily, king of flowers. 



Pabhagach, giving caution or warning ; a beacon. Lili bhan, 

 white-lily. Welsh : Z/ZZ-r-^zryr, water-lily. Irish: buillite. (Shaw.) 

 Nuphar luteum — Yellow water-lily. Gaelic: duileag bhaite 

 bhuidhe, the yellow drowned leaf. Lili bhuidhe nUcisge, yellow 

 water-lily. Irish : liach laghor, the bright flag. Cabhan abhain, — 

 abhan, a hollow plain, and abhain, of the river. 



Pa PAVER AC E/E. 



Papaver rhoeas — Poppy. Gaelic : nicilbhcag, sometimes 

 heilbhcag, a lillle pestle (to which the cai)sule has some resem- 

 blance). 



