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Myrtace^. 

 Punica granatum — Pomegranate. Gaelic : gran uhhal (^rdn, 

 Latin, grani/m), grain-apple. 



"Tha do gheuga mar I'los ^dn tihhian, leis a'mlieas a's taitniche."— SoNG 

 OF Solomon, 



Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates with pleasant fruits. 



(Now generally -^rxXX^Xi pomgranat in recent editions.) 



Myrtus communis — Myrtle. Gaelic : miortal. 



** An ait droighne fasaidh an guithas, agus an ait drise fasaidh am miortal." 

 — Isaiah Iv. 13. 



Instead of the thorn shall grow the fir, and instead of the briar, the myrtle. 



Onagrace^. 



Epilobium montanum — Mountain willow-herb. Gaelic: an 

 seileachan, diminutive of seileach (Latin : salix^ a willow), from 

 the resemblance of its leaves to the willow. Welsh : helyglys^ 

 same meaning. 



E. angustifolium — Rosebay. Gaelic : seileachan frangach, 

 French willow. Feamainn (in Breadalbane), a common name for 

 plants growing near water, especially if they have long stalks. 



Circsea lutetiana and alpina — Enchantress's nightshade. 

 Gaelic and Irish : fuinnseach. Not improbably from Irish uinn- 

 seach, playing the wanton — the reference being to the fruit, which 

 lays hold of the clothes of passengers, from being covered with 

 hooked prickles (as Circe is fabled to have done with her enchant- 

 ments) ; Qxfuinn, a veil, a covering. The genus grows in shady 

 places, where shrubs fit for incantations may be found. " Fuinn 

 (a word of various significations), also means the earth; and seach^ 

 dry — />., the earth-dryer. Fidnnseagal (another Irish name), 

 from Seagal (Latin, secale), rye — i.e., ground-rye" (Brockie). Lus 

 na Jt'oidhnan, the maiden's or enchantress's weed. 



LVTHRACEiE. 



Lythrum salicaria — Spiked lythrum, purple loosestrife. 

 Gaelic : his an sith chainnt, the peace-speaking plant. 



" Chuir Dia oirnn craobh sith chainnf, 

 Bha da'r dionadh gu leoir." — Ian Lom. 



God put the peace-speaking plant over us, 

 Which sheltered us completely. 



The name also applies to the common loosestrife, suggested 

 probably by the Greek Xvo-t? /xax^y, of which the English name 



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