360 The Scottish Naturalist. 



{biiaf, a toad, a serpent, but in this name evidently a corruption 

 from biialan, a remedy, or luiadh, to overcome ; easgaran^ the 

 plague), a remedy for the plague. A name given also to the 

 ragwort. 



S. Jacobaea — Ragwort. Gaelic and Irish : buadhlan buidhe 

 (from buadh, to overcome ; buidhe, yellow) ; buadhghallan, the 

 stripling or branch that overcomes ; guiseag bhuidhe, or cuiseag, 

 the yellow - stalked plant; cuiseag, a stalk. Welsh: llysiu'r 

 ysgyfarnog, the hare's plant ; Ilysiu'r ?iedir, the serpent's weed 

 — agreeing with one of its Irish names, buafanan,-^buaf, a 

 serpent or toad. 



Inula Helenium — Elecampane, said to be from the offici- 

 nal name, tJiuia campana^ but probably a corruption of Helen- 

 iila. Little Helen (Jones). Greek : eAci'o?, the elecampane. 

 Gaelic : ailleau, from ail/e, beautiful, handsome. Irish : EUea 

 (Gaelic, Eilidh), Helen. The famous Helen of Troy, who is said 

 to have availed herself of the cosmetic properties of the plant. 

 Creamh, sometimes, but more generally applied to Allium 

 ursinuin (which see). 



Bellis perennis — Daisy. Gaelic and Irish : 7ieiona?i, or fwineau, 

 the noon-flower (from ;/^?/;/, noon ; Welsh : nawn ; Latin : /lona, 

 the ninth hour, from 7iovem, ninth. The ninth hour, or three in 

 the afternoon, was the noon of the ancients). 



'* 'San iieoinean beag's mo lamh air cluiii." — MlAN A Bhard Aosda. 

 And the little daisy surrounding my hillock. 



Buidheag (in Perthshire), the little yellow one. 



" Geibh sinn a bhuidheag s,?in Ion."— Old Song. 

 We shall find the daisy in the meadow. 



Gugan (Armstrong), a daisy, a bud, a flower. 



Chrysanthemum segetum — Corn - marigold. Gaelic : bile 

 buidhe^ the yellow blossom. BileacJi choigeach, the stranger or 

 foreigner. Liathau, Irish, lia, the hoary grey one (from Greek 

 Xeto? ; Welsh : lliayd), on account of the light-grey appearance 

 of the plant, expressed botanically by the term glaucous. A/i 

 ditheau oir, the golden flower, or chrysanthemum (xpvcros, gold; 

 avOo<;, a flower). 



" Mar mhin-chioch nan 07- dhithean beag." 

 Like the lender breast of the little marigold. 



" Do dhithean lurach luaineach 

 Mar Ihuarneagan de'n 'or. "^ — M 'Donald. 



Thy lovely marigolds like waving cups of gold. 



