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Pyrus aucuparia— Moiintain-ash, rowan-tree. Old Irish and 

 Gaelic : luis^ drink {luisreog^ a charm). The Highlanders formerly 

 used to distil the fruit into a very good spirit. They also be- 

 lieved " that any part of this tree carried about with them would 

 prove a sovereign charm against all the dire effects of enchant- 

 ment or witchcraft." — Lightfoot (1772). Fiiinseag coille, the wood 

 enchantress, or the wood- ash (see Circoea) ; a'aobh c/iaora7i, the 

 berry -tree {caoi', a berry). Irish: pairtainn dearg, the red 

 crab. 



" Bu dh'eirge a ghruidh na caoraii.'''' — Ossian. 

 His cheeks were ruddier than the rowan. 



" Suil chorrach mar an dearcag, 

 Fo rosg a dh-iathas dlu, 

 Gruidhean mar na caoran 

 Fo n' aodann tha leam cuin." — An cailin dileas donn. 



Thine eyes are like the blaeberry, 

 Full and fresh upon the brae, 

 Thy cheeks shall blush like the rowans 

 On a mellow autumn day. 



(Translated by Professor J. S. Blackie.) 



This plant is the badge of the Clan M'Lachlan. 



Pyrus cydonia — Quince-tree. Gaelic : craohh chubmse, cor- 

 ruption of quince, from French coignassa, pear-quince. Originally 

 from Cydon in Candia. 



AURANTIACE^. 



Citrus aurantium — The orange. Gaelic : or vhhal, golden 

 apple ; or mheas, golden fruit ; oraisd} from Latin aunim. 

 Irish : or. Welsh : oyr^ gold. 



" 'S Phoebus dath na'n tonn 

 Air fiamh ^rc'wjm, "—M 'Donald. 

 And Phoebus colouring the waves 

 With an orange tint. 



Citrus medica — Citron. Gaelic : craohh shitroin. 

 Citrus limonum — Lemon. Gaelic : cra7i7i limoin. French : 

 I'unon. Italian : limone. 



^ Spelt by M 'Donald properly orainis. His spelling generally is far from 

 correct, and the same word often spelt different ways. He is also much 

 given to translating a name from the English. — Fergusson. 



