sometimes called crowfoot. Gaelic : cearban, raggy, from its 

 divided leaves. Gair-cean, — from gair^ a smile ; ceajij love, ele- 

 gance. Welsh : a-af range y /ran, crows' claws. 



R. aquatilis — Water crowfoot. Gaelic : fleanii iiisge^ probably 

 from lean, to follow, and uisge, water, follower of the water. 

 Lio7i na Uaibhne, the river-flax. Irish : neul uisge, — neul, a star, 

 and uisge, water. Tutr chis, — tuir, a lord ; chis, purse (from its 

 numerous achenes). 



R. ficaria — Lesser celandine. Gaelic : grain-aigein, that which 

 produces loathing. Searraiche, a little bottle, from the form of 

 the roots. Welsh : toddedig wen, fire dissolvent ; toddi, melt, 

 dissolve. 



R. flammula — Spearwort. Gaelic : glas-leun, — glas, green ; 

 leun, a swamp. Lasair-kana, — lasair, a flame, and leana or leiin, 

 a swamp, a spear. Welsh : blaer y guaew, lance-point. 



R. auricomus — Goldilocks. Gaelic : follasgain ; probably 

 from follais, conspicuous. Irish : foloscain, a tadpole. The 

 Gaelic may be a corruption from the Irish, or vice versa ; also 

 gruag Mhnire, Mary's locks. 



R. repens — Creeping crowfoot. Gaelic : buigheag, the yellow 

 one. Irish : bairgin, more frequently bairghin, a pilgrim's 

 habit. Fear ban, — fear b a, killing, destroying. 



R, acris — Upright meadow crowfoot. Gaelic : cearban feoir, 

 the grass rag. Irish : the same name. This plant and R. flam- 

 7nula are used in the Highlands, applied in rags {cearban), for 

 raising blisters. 



R. bulbosus — Bulbous crowfoot. Gaelic : fiiile thahnhainn, 

 blood of the earth (it exhausts the soil). Welsh : crafange y 

 frdn, crows' claws. 



R. sceleratus — Celery-leaved crowfoot. Gaelic and Irish : 

 torachas biadhain ; probably means food of which one would be 

 afraid. 



Caltha palustris — Marsh-marigold. Gaelic : a chorrach shod, 

 the clumsy one of the marsh. Lus bhtiidhe bealtuinn, the yellow 

 plant of Beltane or May, — Bel or Baal, the sun-god, and teine, 

 fire. The name survives in many Gaelic names — e.g., Tidlibeltane, 

 the high place of the fire of Baal. 



" Beath a's calltuinn latha-<5^a//-^?/m«."— M*Kay. 

 Birch and hazel first day of May. 



Irish : plubairsin from pi ub rack, plunging. Lus Mairi, Mary- 

 wort, Marygold. 



