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R. rubiginosa — Sweet-briar {briar, Gaelic : a bodkin or pin) 

 Gaelic : dris chubhraidh, the fragrant bramble. Irish : sgeach- 

 chumhra, the fragrant haw. Cuirdris, the twisting briar, — anr, 

 gen. sing, of car, to twist or wind. 



Agrimonia eupatoria — Agrimony. Gaelic : mur-dhraidhean, 

 — nmr, sorrow, grief, affliction ; draidhea7i, another form of 

 dhroighioim (see Primics spinosd). Draidh, or driiidh, also means 

 a magician, which may refer to its supposed magical effects on 

 troubles as well as diseases. A noted plant in olden times for 

 the cure of various complaints. Irish : viarbh dhroighioim^ — - 

 marbh-dhruidh, a necromancer, or magician. Geiir bhileach, — 

 geur, sharp, sour, rigid; bhileach, leaved; — on account of its 

 leaves being sharply serrated, or because of its bitter taste. 

 Mirean ?iam magh, the merry one of the field. Welsh : y 

 dorllwyd, the way to good luck. 



Sanguisorba — Burnet. A bhileach losgaiji. The leaves good 

 for burns and inflammations {losgadh, burning). 



Alchemilla vulgaris — Common Lady's Mantle. Gaelic : copan 

 an druichd, the desw-cvi^ ; falluing ifihiiire, Mary's mantle. Irish: 

 dhearna inhuire, Mary's palm. Gaelic : crub leomhainn, lion's 

 paw; cota preasach nighean an righ, the princesses' plaited gar- 

 ment. Irish: leathach bhuidhe (leathach, divided). 



Alchemilla alpina — Alpine Lady's Mantle. Gaelic : frusgan, 

 mantle. The satiny under-side of the leaves of this and the other 

 species has given rise to the names trusgaji, f alining, cota, and the 

 English name. Lady's Mantle. 



*' Tha trusgan faoilidh air cruit an aonich." — M'Intyre. 

 The manfle-grass on the ridge of the mountain. " . 



The hills about Coire-cheathaich and Ben Doran (the district 

 described by the poet) are covered with this beautiful plant: 

 The word t7'itsgan,x^d.Xi\\t, maybe used in this instance in its 

 poetic sense. . , 



Mespilus germanica — Medlar. Gaelic : cran meidil (McDon- 

 ald), said to be a corruption of Mespilus. Greek : iJL€(ro<;, half, 

 and 7rtXo9, a bullet. The fruit resembles half a bullet. 



Crataegus oxyacantha — Whitethorn, hawthorn. Gaelic : sgith- 

 each geal, drioghionn geal (see Primus spinosa), geal, white ; preas 

 nan sgeachag; sgeach, a haw. Welsh : draenen wen, white thorn. 



*' Mios bog nan ubhlan breac-mheallachd ! 

 Gu peurach plumbach sgeac/iagach, 

 A' luisreadh sios le dearcagaibh, 

 Cir, mhealach, beachach, groiseideach." — M'Lachuinn. 



