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{bimf, a toad, a serpent, but in this name evidently a corruption 

 from biialan, a remedy, or buad/i, to overcome; easgara?i, the 

 plague), a remedy for the plague. A name given also to the 

 ragwort. 



S. Jacobsea — Ragwort. Gaelic and Irish : biiadhlan buidhe 

 (from buadh, to overcome \ biiidhe, yellow) ; buadhghaHan, the 

 stripling or branch that overcomes ; guiseag bhuidhe, or cuiseag^ 

 the yellow - stalked plant ; cuiseag, a stalk. Welsh : llysiu'r 

 ysgyfarnog, the hare's plant ; llysiu'r nedir, the serpent's weed 

 — agreeing with one of its Irish names, buqfanafi, — buaf, a 

 serpent or toad. 



Inula Helenium — Elecampane, said to be from the offici- 

 nal name, imila campana, but probably a corruption of Helen- 

 ula. Little Helen (Jones). Greek : cAei/os, the elecampane. 

 Gaelic : dillean, from aille^ beautiful, handsome. Irish : Ellea 

 (Gaelic, Eilid/i), Helen. The famous Helen of Troy, who is said 

 to have availed herself of the cosmetic properties of the plant. 

 Creamh, sometimes, but more generally applied to Aliiujn 

 ursiniim (which see). 



Bellis perennis — Daisy. Gaelic and Irish : 7ieoina7i, or tioinean^ 

 the noon-flower (from noin^ noon ; Welsh : naivn ; Latin : nojia, 

 the ninth hour, from fiovem, ninth. The ninth hour, or three in 

 the afternoon, was the noon of the ancients). 



" 'San ncoincan beag's mo lamh air cluin."— Mian a Bhard Aosda. 

 And the little daisy surrounding my hillock. 



Buidheag (in Perthshire), the little yellow one. 



" Geibh sinn a /;//«?rt%^a^ san Ion. " — Old Song. 

 We shall find the daisy in the meadow. 



Gugan (Armstrong), a daisy, a bud, a flower. 



Chrysanthemum segetum — Corn - marigold. Gaelic : bile 

 buidhe^ the yellow blossom. Bileach choigreach^ the stranger or 

 foreigner. Liaikan, Irish, Ha, the hoary grey one (from Greek 

 Xeto9 ; Welsh : llwyd), on account of the light-grey appearance 

 of the plant, expressed botanically by the term glaucous. An 

 dithean oir, the golden flower, or chrysanthemum (xpvo-o?, gold; 

 ai/^o9, a flower). 



" Mar mhin-chioch nan or dhithean beag." 

 Like the tender breast of the little marigold. 



" Do dhithean lurach luaineach 

 Mar thuarneagan de'n 'or." — M'DoNALD. 

 Thy lovely marigolds like waving cups of gold. 



