178 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Tulipa sylvestris — Tulip. Gaelic : tuiliop. The same name 

 in almost all European and even Asiatic countries. Persian : 

 thoidyban (De Souza). 



Asparagus officinalis — Common asparagus. Gaelic : creamh 

 maC'fiddh. Irish : creamh-miuc Jiadh, wild boar's leek or garlic. 

 The same name is given to hart's-tongue fern. Asparag, from 

 the generic name cnrapacrcru), to tear, on account of the strong 

 prickles with which some of the species are armed. 



Ruscus — Latinised form of Celtic root rus, wood, husk ; rus- 

 gach, holly. Welsh : rhysgiad, an over-growing. Also bruscus, 

 from Celtic, brus, bruis, small branches, brushwood. 



R. aculeatus — Butcher's broom. Gaelic : calg-bJimdhainn 

 (Armstrong). Irish: calg-bhrudhan (Shaw) — ca/g, a prickle, 

 from its prickly leaves ; and bruth, bruid, a thorn, anything 

 pointed ; brudha/z, generally spelled brughan, a faggot. Or it 

 may only be a corruption from brum, broom. . Calg bhea/aidh, 

 the prickly broom. It was formerly used by butchers to clean 

 their blocks, hence the English name " butchers' broom." 



(To be continued.) 



PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS AND 



FERNS OF PERTHSHIRE. 



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



( Continued from page 1 4 1 . ) 

 XLIII. Arenaria L. 



96. Verna L. Meall Duin Croisg, Breadalbane. 



97. Rubella Hook. Rare. Breadalbane mountains. 



98. Trinervia L. Common. 



99. Serpyllifolia L. 



Var. sphcerocarpa Ten. Common. 



Var. leptoclados Guss. Local, or overlooked. 



100. Cherleria Fenzl. Breadalbane mountains. 



xliv. Sagina L. 



1 01. Apetala L. 



i. Sub-species apetala. Very local, or overlooked. 

 ii. Sub-species ciliata Fr. Commoner than apeta/a, but 



also probably overlooked. 

 Hi. Sub-species maritima Don. Invergowrie. 



102. Procumbens L. Common. 



