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stance, sap ; Latin : sucais). Irish : guis, viscous, sticky, on 

 account of the sticky nature of the berries. French : gut. 



Caprifoliacete. 



Sambucus nigra — Common elder. Gaelic and Irish: ruis, 

 meaning "wood." "The ancient name of the tree, which in the 

 vulgar Irish is called tro?n " (O'Reilly) ; druman or droman 

 (Sanscrit : dm, wood, tree ; driinias, wood). Welsh : ysgawen, 

 elder. 



S. ebulus — Dwarf elder. Gaelic and Irish : fliodh a hhalla^ 

 the wall excrescence. Miilart "seems to be the same as the 

 Welsh word nnvyllartaith {triwylly emollient, and artaith^ tor- 

 ment ") (Brockie). It was esteemed a powerful remedy for the 

 innumerable ills that flesh is heir to. Mulabhar {imil^ a multi- 

 tude, and har^ top) may only be a corruption of viulart. The 

 specific name is from ev/SoXy, eiihole^ an eruption. Welsh : 

 ysgawen Mair, Mary's elder. 



Viburnum opulus — Guelder-rose, Water -elder. Gaelic: 

 r(?/r-/^^^;/, heal wax (Latin: cera; Greek: x^P^^^ Welsh: nay?; 

 wax), the healing, wax like plant, from the waxy appearance of 

 the flowers. 



V. lantana— Wayfaring tree. Gaelic : craobh fiadhaiu (Arm- 

 strong), the wild or uncultivated tree. 



Lonicera periclymenum — Woodbine, honeysuckle. Gaelic: 

 uillean (elbows, arms, joints) elbow-like plant; feith, feithlean. 

 Irhh : feafhiog, fethkn, hom feit/i, a sinew, tendon, suggested by 

 its twisting, sinewy stems. Lus na meala^ the honey-plant, from 

 mil (Greek : /xcXt ; Latin : mel), honey. Deolag^ or dcoghalag^ 

 from deothail^ to suck. Irish : cas fa chi'ann^ that which twists 

 round the tree. Baine gamhnach (O'Reilly), the yearling's milk. 

 A somewhat satirical name, implying that the sucking will pro- 

 duce scanty results. In Gaelic, iadh shlat is frequently applied 

 both to this plant and to the ivy (see Hedera helix). Welsh : 

 givyddfd^ tree-climber or hedge-climber. 



RUBIACE^. 



Rubia tinctorum — Madder. Gaelic : madar (Armstrong). 

 Galium aparine— Goose-grass ; cleavers. Gaelic: garbh lus, 



^ In Strathardle and many other districts, Icum-a-chrann {leum, jump, 

 cranii, a tree) alluding to its jumping or spreading from tree to tree. High. 

 Soc. Diet, gives duilUur-fUthlean, probably from its darkening whatever 

 grew under it. — Fergusson. 



