The Scottish Naturalist. 361 



Dithean is frequently used in a general sense for " flower," also 



for " darnel." 



" Til" nan dithean miadar daite." 

 Land of flowers, meadow dyed. 

 " Dithein nan gleann. " 

 The flowers of the valley. 



Welsh : gold 7nair, marigold. Irish : buafanan buiithe, the yellow 

 toad. 



C. leucanthemum — A?i ncona?i mdr, the big daisy. Am 

 brciiieau-brothach ^ {brei?ie, stench ; bfothach, scabby). Easbuig- 

 ban, from Irish casbudh, silly, idle {easbudh brothach, the King's- 

 evil). This plant was esteemed an excellent remedy for that 

 complaint. Irish: easbuig speaiii [Speai/i or Easbain, Spain). 



[To be continued.) 



PKELIMINAHY LIST OF THE FUilTai OF PERTH3HIEE. 



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

 ( Continued from page 325.) 



TR IC HO DERM A CE I. 

 CXXV. INSTITALE, Fr. 



713. Effusa, Fr. Not uncommon. Parasitic on Polyponis destructor, and 



forming the plant. long known as PtycJiogaster albiis. See Mycologia 

 Scotica, p. 287. 



FH YSOMYCE TES. 



ANTENNARIEI. 

 CXXVI. ZASMIDIUM, Fr. 



714. Cellare, Fr. In wine-cellars in Berth, &c. 



MUCORIXI. 

 CXXVII. ASCOPHORA, TJe. 



715. Mucedo, Tde. Common. 



CXXVIII. MUCOR, Mich. 



716. Mucedo, L. Common. 



717. Caninus, P. Near Perth ? 



718. Hyalinus, Cke, Dupplin. 



CXXIX. PILOBOLUS, Tde. 



719. Crystallinus, Tde. Dupplin, Glen Tilt, &c. 



CXXX. HYDROPHORA, Tde. 



720. vSlercorea, Tde. Near Perth? 



1 Breincan-brothacJi was probably also applied^ to A. cotida, for wliich 

 there is no Gaelic name recorded. 



