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Petasites vulgaris — Butter-bur, pestilence-wort. Gaelic and 

 Irish : gallan mor, the big branch, possibly referring to its large 

 leaf. Greek : yaXavos, mast. Danish : galan^ a stripling. 

 Fobal, more correctly pubal. Welsh : pabel^ a tent, a covering. 



" Shidhich iad -xm pulmiliy — Ossian. 

 They .pitched their tents. 



The Greek name, Trcrao-o?, a broad covering, in allusion to its 

 large leaves, which are larger than that of any other British 

 plant, and form an excellent shelter for small animals. 



Tussilago farfara— Colt's foot. Gaelic: ditas hath, gx&y tdiX ; 

 gorm Hath, greyish green ; duilliur spuing, the tinder- leaf. 



" Cho tioram ri spuing.'''' 

 As dry as tinder. 



The leaf, dipped in saltpetre and then dried, made excellent 

 tinder or touchwood. Gaelic and Irish : fathan or athan, mean- 

 ing fire. It was used for lighting fire. The leaves were smoked 

 before the introduction of tobacco, and still form the principal 

 ingredient in the British herb tobacco. Gallan-greannchah- 

 {gallan, see " Petasites ; " greann, hair standing on end, a beard), 

 probably referring to its pappus. Irish : cassachdaighe (O'Reilly), 

 a remedy for a cough {casachd, a cough ; aighe or ice, a remedy). 

 " The leaves smoked, or a syrup or decoction of them and the 

 flowers, stand recommended in coughs and other disorders of 

 the breast and lungs " (Lightfoot). Welsh : cam y ebol {carn^ 

 hoof, and ebol, foal or colt), colt's-foot. 



Senecio vulgaris — Groundsel. Gaelic : am biialan, from biial, 

 a remedy. Lus Phara liath^ grey Peter's-weed, a name suggested 

 by its aged appearance, even in the spring-time. Latin : senecio. 

 Welsh : ben-felan, sly woman. Sail bhuinn {sail, a heel ; buinn, 

 an ulcer). "The Highlanders use it externally in cataplasms as 

 a cooler, and to bring on suppurations" (Lightfoot). Grimnasg 

 (from grunnd, ground ; German : grimd). Welsh : grunsel, 



" Muran brioghar s'an ^^n/w^^^j'^ lionmhor. " — M'Intyre. 

 The sappy carrot and the plentiful groundsel. 



Irish : crann lus, the plough-weed. Buafanan ?ia h' easgaran 



^ In Breadalbane, Glenlyon, and other places, the plant is called Lus 

 Phara Hath — 



" Lus Phara Hath cuiridh e ghoimh as a chrainih." 

 The groundsel will extinguish acute pain in the bone — 

 it being frequently applied as a cure for rheumatic pains. 



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