S€a?nar b/id?i, the fair gentle one (see Oxalis) ; written also sameir, 

 siomrag, seaf?irag, sea?nrog. Wood-sorrel and clover are often con- 

 founded, but scaniar bhdn is invariable for white clover, and for 

 Trifolium procunibens, hop trefoil, samhrag hhuidhey yellow 

 clover. 



'* Gach saimeir neonean 's masag." — M 'Donald. 

 Every clover, daisy, and berry. 



"An \.-seamrag Vi\x\(t 's barr-gheal gruag, 

 A's buidheann chuachach neoinein." — M'Lachuinn. 

 The green white-headed clover. 

 The yellow-cupped daisy. 



The badge of Clan Sinclair. 



T. pratense — Red clover. Gaelic : seamar chapuill^ the mare's 

 clover. Captill, from Greek Ka/3dXXr)<Sj a work-horse. Latin : 

 cabalhis^ a horse. Tri-bilean, trefoil, three - leaved. Welsh: 

 tairdalen, the same meaning. Meil/onem, honeywort, from jnel, 

 honey. Gaelic : stigag, Scotch sookie, the bloom of clover, so 

 called because it contains honey, and children suck it. 



T. minus — Small yellow clover. Gaelic : seangajt, small, 

 slender. 



T. arvense — Hare's-foot clover. Gaelic : cas maidhiche (Arm- 

 strong), hare's foot. 



Lotus corniculata — Bird's-foot trefoil. Gaelic : barra mhis- 

 lean, — barra^ top or flower ; mislean, anything that springs or 



grows. 



" Glacag misleanach." — Macfarlane. 

 A grassy dell. 



Anthyllis vulneraria — Kidney vetch, or Lady's Fingers. 

 Gaelic : ineoir Mhuire, Mary's fingers ; cas an uain, lamb's foot. 



Vicia^ sativa — Vetch. Gaelic and Irish : fiatghal^ nutritious 

 (from \x\^fiadh, now written biadh, food) ; peasair fiadhain^ wild 

 pease ; peasair chapttill^ mares' pease. Welsh : idbys, edible 

 pease. Irish : pis feadhain^ wild pease \ pis dubh^ black peas. 



V. cracca — Tufted vetch. Gaelic : pesair nan Inch, mice 

 pease ; pesair (Latin, pisum ; Welsh, pys ; French, pois, pease), 

 are all from the Celtic root pis, a pea. 



V. sepium — Bush vetch. Gaelic : peasair na?n preas, the bush 

 peas. 



Lathyrus pratensis — Yellow vetchling. Gaelic : peasair 

 bhuidhe, yoWow peas. Irish : pis b/midhe, yellow peas. 



^ Vicia (from gwig^ Celtic, whence Greek fiiKiov, Latin vida, French vesce, 

 English ve/c/i). — Loudon. 



