128 COLONSAY 



Myrrhis, Scop. 



M. Odorata, Scop. Sweet Cicely. (Cos Uisge.) Dry 

 situations in Kiloran woods and Ardskenish Glen. Per., 

 July. 



Anthriscus, Bernh. 



The genus includes A. Cerefoliuin (Chervil), which is 

 cultivated as a pot-herb. 



A. sylvestris, Hoffm. Wild Chervil. A weed of waste 

 places, recorded by Messrs Grieve and Somerville. Bi. 



Crithmum, L. 



G. maritimum, L. Sea Samphire. Saimbhir, C. Seen in 

 one place on the rocky shore. Kecorded by Mr Somerville in 

 1906. Per., July. It has recently been discovered in the 

 Outer Hebrides. Samphire is much sought after for pickling, 

 sometimes at the risk of human life (men being suspended 

 from the rocks by ropes), though other plants procured at less 

 hazard, as Salicornia and Aster, are frequently substituted. 

 W. It is cultivated as a salad and for seasoning. 



(Enanthe, L. 



(E. Lachenalii, C. Gmel. Parsley Dropwort. Edge of 

 shore pools south of Port-mor. Per., July. 



(E. crocata, L. Hemlock Water Dropwort. Aiteodha. 

 Abundant on the banks of streams and in wet gullies at the 

 shore. Used in poultices. The green leaves are often 

 eaten with impunity by cattle in the summer time, but the 

 roots are poisonous. A number of years since, eight stirks 

 died after eating the roots which had been thrown out of a 

 ditch when cleaning it in the winter time. Per., July. 



Ligusticum, L. 



L. scoticum, L. Scottish Lovage. (Siunas.) Plentiful in 

 the rocks of Meall-a-Chuilbh with a northern exposure. 



