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C. suecica — Dwarf cornel, — literally, Swedish cornel. Gaelic 

 and Irish : lus-a-chraois, plant of gluttony {craos, a wide mouth ; 

 gluttony, appetite). " The berries have a sweet, waterish taste, 

 and are supposed by the Highlanders to create a great appe- 

 'tite, — whence the Erse name of the plant" (Stuart of Killin). 



Umbellifer^. 



Hydrocotyle vulgaris — Marsh pennywort. Gaelic : Ins na 

 peig/ii/iji, the pennywort. Irish : ins na pinghine (O'Reilly), 

 from the resemblance of its peltate leaf to dipeighinuj — a Scotch 

 penny, or the fourth part of a shilling sterling. 



Eryngium maritimum — Sea-holly. Gaelic and Irish : cuileann 

 trdgku, sea-shore holly. (See Ikx aqiiifolium). Welsh : y mor 

 geiyn., sea-holly {celynen, holly). 



Sanicula europaea — Wood sanicle. Gaelic : boda7i coille, wood- 

 tail, — the little old man of the wood. Irish : caogjua, — caog, to 

 wink. Byline, an ulcer, — a noted herb, " to heal all green wounds 

 speedily, or any ulcers. This is one of Venus, her herbs, to cure 

 either wounds or what other mischief Mars inflicteth upon the 

 body of man" (Culpepper). Welsh: dust yr arth, bear's-ear. 



Conium maculatum — Hemlock. Gaelic : minmhear (ShaAv), 

 — smooth or small fingered, or branched, in reference to its foli- 

 age ; niongach nihear, and muinmhear, — mojig and muing, a 

 mane, from its smooth, glossy, pinnatifid leaves. Mmbhar, soft- 

 topped or soft-foliaged. Iteodha, iteotha, — ite, feathers, plumage. 

 The appearance of the foliage has evidently suggested these 

 names, and not the qualities of the plant, although it is looked 

 upon still with much antipathy. 



" Is coslach e measg chaich 



Ri iteodha an garadh." — M'Intyre. 

 Among other people he is like a hemlock in a garden. 

 " Mar so tha breilheanas a' fas a nios, mar an iteotha ann claisibh na mach- 

 rach."~ Hos. x, 4. 



Thus judgment springeth up like a hemlock in the furrows of the field. 



Welsh : gwin dillad, pain-killer. Manx : aghue. 



'' Ta'n aghue veg shuyr da'n aghue vooar." — Manx Proverb. 

 The little hemlock is sister to the big hemlock. 

 (A small sin is akin to the great one.) 



Cicuta virosa — Water-hemlock. " The hemlock given to 

 prisoners as poison " (Pliny) ; and that with which Socrates was 

 poisoned. Gaelic and Irish : feal/a bog, the soft deceiver; fca/l, 



