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S. granulata — Meadow saxifrage. Gaelic and Irish : moran^ 

 which means many, a large number — probably referring to its 

 many granular roots. 



Chryosplenium oppositifolium — Golden saxifrage. Gaelic: 

 las 7ian laogh (the same for Scdiun telephiujji). Irish : dabrus, 

 from dabar, mud, growing in muddy places ; gloiris, from gloire^ 

 glory, radiance, — another name given by the authorities for the 

 " golden saxifrage ; " but they probably mean Saxifraga aizoides, 

 a more handsome plant, and extremely common beside the 

 brooks and rivulets among the hills. 



Parnassia palustris — Grass of Parnassus. Shaw gives the 

 name fionnsgoth [Jion?i, white, pleasant, and sgoth, a flower), " a 

 flower," but he does not specify which. Finonan geal has also 

 been given as the name in certain districts, which seems to indi- 

 cate \hdX fionnsgoth is the true Celtic name. 



Araliace^. 



Hedera — " Has been derived from hedra^ a cord, in Celtic " 

 (Loudon). 



Hedera helix — Ivy. Gaelic : eidheann, that which clothes or 

 covers (from eid, to clothe, to cover) 3 written also eigheami (eige, 

 a web), eidh?ie, eitheann. 



" Spionn an eitheann o'craobh." — Old Poem. 

 Tear the ivy from the tree, 



" Eitheann nan crag." — OssiAN. 

 The rock-ivy. 



" Briseadh tro chreag nan eidheann dlu' 

 Am fuaran ur le torraman trom."— MiANN A Bhard Aosda. 



Let the new-born gurgling fountain gush from the ivy-covered rock. 



Faithleadgh, Irish : faithlah, that which takes hold or possession. 

 Welsh : iiddeiv (from eiddiaiu, to appropriate). Irish : aighneann 

 (from aighne, affection), that which is symbolic of affection, from 

 its clinging habit. Gorf^ sour, bitter — the berries being unpal- 

 atable to human beings, though eaten by birds. lalliiin (from 

 iall^ a thong, or that which surrounds ); perhaps from the same 

 root as helix. Greek : eiAecu {eileo^ to encompass) ; also iadh- 

 shlatj the twig that surrounds, — a name likewise given to the 

 honeysuckle i^Lonicera peridymemini)^ because it twines like the 

 ivy — 



*• Mar iadh-shlat ri stoc aosda." 

 Like an ivy to an old trunk. 



