Sail chuach, — sail, a heel (from its spur). 



" Coille is guirme sail chuach.'''' — Old Song. 

 A wood where violets are bluest. 



Irish : hiodh a leithid, the world's paragon ; also fanaisge, pro- 

 bably from fan, weak, faint, agreeing in meaning with the Welsh 

 name, crinllyns, a fragile weed. 



Droserace^. 



(From Greek 8po(r€po<5, droseros, dewy, because the plants appear 

 as if covered with dew.) 



Drosera rotundifolia — Round-leaved sundew. Gaelic : ros 

 an rsolais, sun-rose or flower ; geald-i'uidhe or dealt 7'uaidhe, very 

 red dew; lus na fearnaich, the plant with shields (its leaves have 

 some resemblance to shields). Irish : eil druich {eil, to rob, and 

 driiich, dew), the one that robs the dew; drtiichdin mona, the 

 dew of the hill. Welsh : doddedig rudd, — dod, twisted thread, 

 and rtidd, red, the plant being covered with red hairs. 



POLYGALACE^. 



(From Greek iroXv, poly, much, and yaXa, gala, milk.) 



Polygala vulgaris — Milkwort. Gaelic : lus a bhdine, milk- 

 wort. Irish : lusan baine, the same meaning, alluding to the 

 reputed effects of the plants on cows that feed upon it. 



CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 



Saponaria officinalis — Soapwort, bruisewort. Gaelic : gairgean- 

 cregach. Irish : gairbhin creugach, the bitter one of the rocks ; 

 garbhion, bitterness, and creugach, rocky. The whole plant is bit- 

 ter, and was formerly used to cure cutaneous diseases. Lus an 

 shiabunn, the soapwort. Welsh : sebonllys, the same meaning 

 {sebon, soap), Latin sapo, so called probably because the bruised 

 leaves produce lather like soap. Soap was a Celtic invention. 



*' Prodest et sapo. Gallorum hoc inventum, 

 Rutilandis capillis, ex sevo et cinere."— Pliny. 



Lychnis flos-cuculi — Ragged robin. Gaelic : plur na cubhaig, 

 the cuckoo flower ; curachd na cubhaig, the cuckoo's hood. 



L. diurna — Red campion. Gaelic : ch-ean coileach, cockscomb ; 

 in some places corcan coille, red woodland flower. 



L. githago — Corn-cockle. Gaelic : brogna cubhaig, the cuckoo's 



