320 The Scottish Naturalist. 



a root like that of the carrot. Caj-rait^ corruption from carota^ 

 which is said to be derived from the Celtic root car^ red, from 

 the colour of the root. Muran — (Welsh : moron), a plant with 

 tapering roots. Irish : awran bhiiidhe, the yellow root. 

 '''■ Muran brighar 's an grunnasg lionmhar." — M'Intyre. 

 The sappy carrot and the plentiful groundsel. 



Irish : imtgoman, — mugan, a mug, from the hollow bird's-nest- 

 like flower. 



( cerifolium, \ 



Anthriscus j vulgaris, V — Chervil. Gaelic : costag, a 

 ( temulentum ) 

 common name for the chervils (from cost, an aromatic plant ; 

 Greek : Koa-ro'i, kostos, same meaning). Costag a bhaile gheam- 

 hraidh [bhaile gheamhraidh, cultivated ground), "y^. vulgaris 

 was formerly cultivated as a pot-herb" (Dr Hooker). 



Myrrhis (from Greek : fivpov, myron, perfume; Gaelic : mirr, 

 — tus agus mirr, frankincense and myrrh). 



M. odorata — Sweet cicely or great chervil. Gaelic : cos uisge 

 (Shaw)^ the scented water-plant.^ "Sweet chervil, gathered while 

 young, and put among other herbs in a sallet, addeth a marvel- 

 lous good relish to all the rest" (Parkinson). 



Coriandrum (a name used by Pliny, derived from ko^i^;, cor is, 

 a bug, from the fetid smell of the leaves). 



C. sativum — Coriander. Gaelic : coireiman, — lus a choire, cor- 

 ruptions from the Greek. It is still used by druggists for various 

 purposes, and by distillers for flavouring spirits. 



( To be continued. ) 



PEELIMINAEY LIST OF THE rU]!T&I OF PERTHSHIEE. 



By F. BUCHANAN WHITE, M.U., F.L.S. 



( Co)itinitcd frojn page 278.) 

 CMOMA CEI. 



LXXX. TILLETIA, Tul. 

 587. Caries, Tul. Perth. 



LXXXI. USTILAGO, Lk. 



5S8. Segetum Ditm. (rrCarbo, Tul.) Common. 



589. Urccolorum, Tul. On C ar ex panic ea, &c. Rannoch, Glen Tilt. 



^ In Braemar it is commonly called niirr. — Ed. * Scottish Naturalist.' 



