314 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Crassulace^. 



(From Latin, crassus, thick — in reference to the fleshy leaves and 

 stem. Gaehc : crasag, corpulent.) 



Sedum rhodiola — Rose-root. Gaelic and Irish : his nan laoch, 

 the heroes' plant ; iaoch, from the Irish, meaning a hero, a cham- 

 pion, a term of approbation for a young man. 



The badge of the Clan Gunn. 



S. acre — Stonecrop, wall-pepper. Gaelic and Irish : grafan 

 nan dach, the stone's pickaxe. Welsh : flyddarlys, prick madam. 

 Also in Gaelic : glas-lann and glas lean^ a green spot. Welsh : 

 manion y cerg. 



S. telephium — Orpine. Scotch : orpie. Gaelic : orp (from the 

 French, orpin). Lus nan hiogh, the calf or fawn's plant ; iaogh, 

 a calf, a fawn, or young deer, a term of endearment for a young 

 child. Irish : laogh. Welsh : iho. Manx : leigh. Armoric : lue. 

 Welsh : telejin (from I^atin, telephium). 



Sempervirum tectorum — House - leek. Gaelic : lus nan 

 cluas^ the ear-plant (the juice of the plant applied by itself, or 

 mixed with cream, is used as a remedy for the ear-ache) ; lus 

 gharaidh, the garden-wort ; oi?p, sometimes written Jiofp (French, 

 orpin) ; tin gealach, tineas na gealaich, lunacy — ti?tn, sick, and 

 gealach, the moon {geal, white, from Greek, yaXa, milk) ; — it be- 

 ing employed as a remedy for various diseases, particularly those 

 of women and children, and head complaints. Irish : sinicin, 

 the little round hill; tir-pin, the ground -pine. Welsh: llysie 

 pen-ty, house-top plant. 



Cotyledon umbilicus — Navel -wort, wall -pennywort. Gaelic: 

 lamhan cat leacain, the hill-cat's glove. Irish : corn caisiol, the 

 wall drinking-horn (from corn, a cup, a convex surface ; from its 

 peltate round convex leaves). Latin : coj'Jiu, a horn. Welsh : 

 corn. French : come ; and caisiol, a wall (or any stone building), 

 where it frequently grows. 



Saxifragace^. 



Saxifraga — Saxifrage. Gaelic: cloch-bhriseach (Armstrong), 

 stone -breaker — on account of its supposed medical, virtue for 

 that disease. Welsh : croniil yr englyn. 



^ This is what I always heard it called; but IVI 'Donald gives norn, and in 

 the Highland Society's Dictionary it is given crcanih-garaidh, evidently a 

 translation by the compilers, as they give the same name to the Leek. — 

 Fergusson. 



