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Also in Gaelic : glas-lann and glas ka/i, a green spot. Welsh : 

 manion y cerg. 



S. telephium — Orpine. Scotch : orpie. Gaelic : orp (from the 

 French, orpi/i). Lus nan /aogh, the calf or fawn's plant ; laog/i, 

 a calf, a fawn, or young deer, a term of endearment for a young 

 child. Irish : laogh. Welsh : Iho. Manx : leigh. Armoric : lue. 

 Welsh : tekjifi (from Latin, telephium). 



Sempervirum tectorum — House - leek. Gaelic : his nan 

 clitas^ the ear-plant (the juice of the plant applied by itself, or 

 mixed with cream, is used as a remedy for the ear-ache) ; lus 

 gharaidk, the garden-wort ; oi7p, sometimes written ?iorp (French, 

 orpin); tin gealach, tineas 7ia gealaich, lunacy — tinn, sick, and 

 gealack, the moon {geal, white, from Greek, yaXa, milk) ; — it be- 

 ing employed as a remedy for various diseases, particularly those 

 of women and children, and head complaints. Irish : sinicin^ 

 the little round hill; tir-pin, the ground -pine. Welsh: llysie 

 pen-ty, house-top plant. 



Cotyledon umbilicus — Navel -wort, wall -pennywort. Gaelic: 

 lamha^ cat leacain, the hill- cat's glove. Irish : corn caisiol, the 

 wall drinking-horn (from corn, a cup, a convex surface ; from its 

 peltate round convex leaves). Latin : cor?iu, a horn. Welsh : 

 corn. French : come ; and caisiol, a wall (or any stone building), 

 where it frequently grows. 



SAXIFRAGACEiE. 



Saxifraga — Saxifrage. Gaelic: clock -bhriseach (Armstrong), 

 stone - breaker — on account of its supposed medical virtue for 

 that disease. Welsh : crotnil yr englyfi. 



S. granulata — Meadow saxifrage. Gaelic and Irish : moran, 

 which means many, a large number — probably referring to its 

 many granular roots. 



Chryosplenium oppositifolium — Golden saxifrage. Gaelic : 

 Ills nan laogh (the same for Sedu?n telephium). Irish : clabrus, 

 from clabar, mud, growing in muddy places ; gloiris, from gloire, 

 glory, radiance, — another name given by the authorities for the 

 " golden saxifrage ; " but they probably mean Saxifraga aizoides, 

 a more handsome plant, and extremely common beside the 

 brooks and rivulets among the hills. 



^ This is what I always heard it called; but M 'Donald gives ;/(?;-;/, and in 

 the Highland Society's Dictionary it is given creamh-garaidh, evidently a 

 translation by the compilers, as they give the same name to the Leek. — 



Fergusson. 



