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" Le vreilbheag, le noinean, 's le slan-lus." — M'Leod. 

 With a poppy, daisy, and rib-grass. 



Fofhros, corn-rose, from loth (Irish), corn ; ros, rose. Croinlus^ 

 bent weed. Paipean riiadh, — ruadh, red, and paipean a corrup- 

 tion of papaver, from papa, pap, or pappo, to eat of pap. The 

 juice was formerly put into children's food to make them sleep. 

 Welsh : pabi. 



P. somniferum — Common opium poppy. Gaelic : codalian, 

 from codal or cadal, sleep. 



Chelidonium majus. Common celandine (a corruption of 

 ;(eXiSa)i/, chdidoii, a swallow). Gaelic : an ceaiin riiadh^ the 

 red head. Irish : lacha cheann 7'uadhy the red - headed duck. 

 Welsh : llysie y 'wen7iol, swallow-wort. The flower is yellow, not 

 red. Aonsgoch is another Gaelic name for swallow-wort, mean- 

 ing the lonely flower, — aon, one or alone, and sgoth, a flower. 



Glaucium luteum — Yellow horned poppy. Gaelic : harrag 

 riiadh {?), the valiant or strong head. The flower is yellow, not 

 red. 



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FUMARIACE^. 



(From fiunus, smoke. " The smoke of these plants being said 

 by the ancient exorcists to have the power of expelling evil 

 spirits " (Jones). French : fume terre.) 



Fumaria officinalis — Fumitory. Gaelic : liis deathach thal- 

 mhainn (Armstrong), the earth - smoke plant. Irish : deatach 

 thalmhuin (O'Reilly), earth - smoke. Welsh : iiiivg y ddaer, 

 earth-smoke. Another Irish name is caman scarraigh (O'Reilly), 

 — caman, crooked, and scaradh, to unfold. 



Crucifer^. 



(From Latin crux, crucis, a cross, and fero, to bear, the petals 

 being arranged crosswise.) 



Crambe maritima — Sea-kale. Gaelic : praiseag trdgha, the 

 shore pot-herb, from the Irish pj'aiseach; Gaelic : praiseag, a 

 little pot (a common name for pot-herbs). Cdl na mara, sea- 

 kale (from Greek, ya.v\o^\ Latin, caulis ; German, /(W//; Saxon, 

 caivl ; English, cole or kale ; Irish, cal ; Welsh, caivl.) 



Isatis tinctoria — Woad. Gaelic : guirmean, the blue one. 



^ Ruadh does not mean absolutely red, but reddish. Welsh : Rhydh. It 

 means also power, virtue, strong, valiant. 



