172 The Scottish Naturalist. 



TlLIACE^. 



Tilia europea — Lime-tree, linden. Gaelic: craobh theile. Irish: 

 crann teile, — teik, a corruption from tilia. Welsh : pis gwydden. 



Hypericace^. 



Hypericum perforatum — The perforated St John's wort. 

 Gaelic and Irish : eala bhuidhe (sometimes written eala bhi), pro- 

 bably from eal {{ox neul), aspect, appearance, and bhuidhe or bhi, 



yellow. 



" An eala bh^iidhe s'an noinean ban 



S'an t'sobhrach an gleann fas, nan luibh 



Anns am faigheadh an leighe liath 



Furtach fiach, do chreuch a's leon." — COLLATH. 



In the glen where the St John^s luoj-t, the white daisy, and the primrose 

 grow, the grey doctor will find a valuable remedy for every disease and 

 wound, 



"The belief Avas common among the Caledonians that for all the 

 diseases to which mankind is liable there grows an herb some- 

 where, and not far from the locality where the particular disease 

 prevails, the proper application of which would cure it." — 

 M'Kenzie. 



" Sobhrach a's eala bin 's barra neoinean." — M'Intyre. 

 Primrose, St Johns wort, and daisies. 



Alias Mhuire {Mhuire, the Virgin Mary; alias, perhaps another 

 form of the preceding names) — Mary's image, which would agree 

 with the word hypenciim. According to Linnaeus it is derived 

 from Greek virip, nper, over, and uKoiv, eiko7i, an image — that is 

 to say, the superior part of the flower represents an image. 



Caod aslachan Choluni chille, from Colum and cill (church, cell), 

 St Columba's flower, the saint of lona, who reverenced it and 

 carried it in his arms {caod, — (Irish) caodam, to come, and aslachan, 

 arms), it being dedicated to his favourite evangelist St John.^ " For- 

 merly it was carried about by the people of Scotland as a charm 

 against witchcraft and enchantment " (Don). Welsh : y fendigaid, 

 the blessed plant. French : la toHte-sa\iie. English : tutsan. 



The badge of Clan M'Kinnon. 



ACERACEiE. 



(" Acer, in Latin meaning sharp, from ac, a point, in Celtic." — 

 Du Theis.) 



^ This plant is sometimes called Curach na Cubhaig, and Cochal — (hood 

 or cowl). Latin : cucullus. 



