" Dh' itheadh biolair an fhuarain 

 'S air bu shuarach an chl. " — M 'Donald. 

 I would eat the cress of the wells. 

 Compared to it, kale is contemptible. 



Sinapis arvensis — Charlock, wild mustard. Gaelic : marag 

 bhnid/ie, the yellow sausage (to which the pod is supposed to 

 bear some resemblance). Sceallan, — sceall, a shield. Sgealag 

 (Shaw), — sgealpach, biting. Mustard, from the English. 



" Mar ghrainne de shiol inustaird." — Stuart. 

 Like a grain of mustard-seed. 



Gaelic : praiseach garbh, the rough pot-herb. 



Resedace^. 



Reseda luteola — Weld, yellow weed. Gaelic : lus huidhe mor^ 

 the large yellow weed. Irish : buidhe mor, the large yellow. 

 Welsh : llysie lliu, dye-wort. Reseda, from Latin resedo. Gaelic : 

 reidh, to calm, to appease. 



ClSTACE^. 



(From Greek kig-t-y], kiste, a box or capsule, from their peculiar 

 capsules. Latin, cist a ; Gaelic, ciste ; Danish, kiste.) 



Helianthemum vulgare — Rock-rose. Gaelic : grian ros, sun- 

 rose ; plur na greine, flower of the sun (also heliotrope). Welsh : 

 blodaw'r haul, sun-flower. 



ViOLACEiE. 



(From Greek tov, ion, a violet, — the food given to the cow To, 

 one of Jupiter's mistresses.) 



Viola odorata — Sweet violet. Gaelic : fail chuach, scented 

 bowl \ fail, scent, and cuach, a bowl hollow as a nest. Scotch : 

 quaich, cogie (dim.), a drinking-cup. 



' ' Fail chuachaig ar uachdar a fheoir. " — M'Farlane. 

 Scented violet on the top of the grass. 



V. canina — Dog-violet. Gaelic : dail chuach, field-bowl {dail, 

 a field). Danish : dal, a valley. 



" Gun sobhrach gun dail chuach, 

 Gun lus uasal air carnn." — M'Intyre. 

 Without primrose or violet, 

 Or a gay floM'er on the heap. 



