352 The Scottish Naturalist. 



stance, sap ; Latin : siicais). Irish : guis, viscous, sticky, on 

 account of the sticky nature of the berries. French : gui. 



Caprifoliace^. 



Sambucus nigra — Common elder. Gaelic and Irish : ricis^ 

 meaning "wood." "The ancient name of the tree, which in the 

 vulgar Irish is called troni " (O'Reilly) ; dniman or dronian 

 (Sanscrit : dm, wood, tree ; drii7nas, wood). Welsh : ysgawen, 

 elder. 



S. ebulus — Dwarf elder. Gaelic and Irish : fliodh a bhalla, 

 the wall excrescence. Midart " seems to be the same .as the 

 Welsh word mwyllartaith {inwyll, emollient, and artaith, tor- 

 ment ") (Brockie). It was esteemed a powerful remedy for the 

 innumerable ills that flesh is heir to. Mtdabhar {i?iui, a multi- 

 tude, and bar, top) may only be a corruption of imdart. The 

 specific name is from ^vf^oX-q, eubole, an eruption. Welsh : 

 ysgaiven Mair, IMary's elder. 



Viburnum opulus — Guelder - rose, Water - elder. Gaelic : 

 ceiriocan, — ceir-iocaii (Latin : cera ; Greek : XVP'^^^ ■> Welsh : C7c'yr, 

 wax), the healing, wax-like plant, from the waxy appearance of 

 the flowers. 



V. lantana — Wayfaring tree. Gaelic : craobh fiadhain (Arm- 

 strong), the wild or uncultivated tree. 



Lonicera periclymenum — Woodbine, honeysuckle. Gaelic : 

 tiilleaji (elbows, arms, joints) elbow-like plant; fcith, feifh/ean. 

 1y\?,\\: feathIog,f€thleu, (rom fcith, a sinew, tendon, suggested by 

 its twisting, sinewy stems. Zus na vieala, the honey-plant, from 

 mil (Greek : /xeXt ; Latin : mel), honey. Deolag, or dcoghalag, 

 from deothail, to suck. Irish : cas fa chrann^ that which twists 

 round the tree. Baine gamhnach (O'Reilly), the yearling's milk. 

 A somewhat satirical name, implying that the sucking will pro- 

 duce scanty results. In Gaelic, iadh shiat is frequently applied 

 both to this plant and to the ivy (see Hcdcra helix). Welsh : 

 gwyddfid, tree-climber or hedge-climber. 



RUBIACE/E. 



Rubia tinctorum — Madder. Gaelic : madar (Armstrong). 

 Galium aparine — Goose-grass ; cleavers. Gaelic : gctrbh lus, 



^ In vStrathardle and many other districts, /cii/n-a-c/irauji {Icuni, jump, 

 crann, a tree) alluding to its jumping or spreading from tree to tree. High. 

 Soc. Diet, gives duilliur, probably from its darkening whatever grew 

 under it. — Fergusson. 



