350 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Gairteog (Pyrus malus) — Crab -apple. From ga?g, sour, 

 bitter. 



Gall pheasair (Luprinus) — Lupin. 



Gall uinnseann (Pyrus aria) — Quickbeam tree. 



Gearr bochdan (Cakile mariiima) — Sea gilly-flower. 



Glaodhran (Oxalis and Rhinanthus crista-galli) — Meaning a 

 "rattle." Dictionaries give this name to wood-sorrel; in Bread- 

 albane it is applied generally to the yellow rattle. 



Glocan {Primus padus) — Bird-cherry. Glocan or g/aea/i, a 

 prong or fork. 



Goirgin garaidh {Allium ursinum) — Garlic. 



Goirmin searradh ( Viola tricolor) — Pansy ; heart's-ease. 



Gran arcain (Ranunculus ficaria) — Lesser celandine. Arc, a 

 cork, from its cork-like roots. 



Leamhnach (Potentilla tormeutilla) — Common tormentil. 

 Name in Gaelic, meaning "tormenting," from which " leann- 

 artach " probably is a corruption. 



', \ (Cotyledon umbilicus) — Navel wort. 

 Loan cat J 



Lochal mothair ( Veronica beccabunga) — Brook-lime. 



Lusra na geire-boirnigh (Arbutus uva-ursi) — Red bear berry, 

 the plant of bitterness. Geire, bitterness ; and boimigh, femi- 

 nine. See " meacan easa fiorine" 



Lus na meala mor (Malva sylvestris) — The common mallow. 



Lus mor. Also applied to Verbascum thapsus, Mullein, as 

 well as to the foxglove (Digitalis). 



Lus ros (Geranium Robertiatium) — Herb Robert ; crane's-bill ; 

 the rose-wort. 



Lus an lonaidh (Angelica sylvestris) — Wood angelica. Lon- 

 aidh is the piston or handle of the churn. The umbelliferous 

 flower has much the appearance of that implement. The com- 

 mon name in Breadalbane. 



Lus an t' seann duine — The old man's plant. Name given in 

 some places to " southernwood," Artemisia abrotanum. 



Lus na seabhag — Hawkweed. 



Meacan easa beanine (Pceonia) — Female paeony. 



Meacan easa fiorine (Pceonia) — Male paeony. Old botanists 

 used to distinguish between two varieties of this plant, and named 

 them male and female. This was a mere fanciful distinction, 

 and had no reference to the real functions of the stamens and 

 pistils of plants ; but yet there existed a vague idea, from time 

 immemorial, that fecundation was in some degree analogous to 



