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Gaelic : lus nam broighleag. Irish : braighleog (from braigh, top, 

 summit, a mountain), the mountain-plant ; ordinary signification, 

 a berry. Bb-dhearc, cowberry. ("^^, a cow, from which the 

 Greeks derived (^ooq, an ox" — Armstrong.) Latin: vacca and 

 vaccinmm. 



" Do leacan chaoimhneil gu dearcach lirioghleagach." 

 Thy gentle slopes abounding with whortleberries and cowberries. 



Badge of Clan M'Leod. 



V. oxycoccos — Cranberry. Gaelic and Irish : vmileag^ a word 

 meaning a little frog ; the frogberry. It flourishes best in boggy 

 situations. Fraochag^ because it grows among the heather. 

 'Mo7tog, bog or peat berry. Mionag, the small berry. 



V. uliginosum — The bogberry. Gaelic : dearc roide, the gall 

 or bitter berry. The fruit abounds with an acid juice ; when 

 the ripe fruit is eaten, it occasions headache and giddiness. 



iLEACEiE. 



Ilex aquifolium — Holly. Gaelic and Irish : cuileann. Welsh : 

 celyn. A.-S. : holegn. (C in Gaelic corresponds with h in the 

 Germanic languages.) Ctd, guard, defence ; diil, that which 

 prohibits. Compare also cnilg, gen. of colg, a prickle, or any 

 sharp pointed thing. The lower leaves of this tree are yery 

 prickly, and thus guard against cattle eating the young shoots. 

 Welsh : celyn, tree, shelterer or protector ; eel, conceal, shelter, 

 cover. 



*' Ma theid thu riiisgte troimh thorn droighinn 



'S coiseachd cas-lom 2ar preas cuileann 



Cadal gun lein' air an eanntaig, 



'S racadal itheadh gunn draing ort," &c. — Blar Shunadail. 



If you go naked through a thorn thicket, 



And walk barefooted on the holly. 



Sleep without a shirt on the nettle, 



And eat horse-radish without a grin, &c, 



OLEACEiE. 



Olea europaea — European olive. Gaelic and Irish : crann 

 oladh or ola (Greek : cAata, a word, according to Du Theis, 

 derived from the Celtic ; Welsh : olm), the oil-tree. 



" Sgaoilidh e gheugan, agus bithidh a mhaise mar an crann-oladh.'" 



"He will spread his branches, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree.'" — 

 HosEA xiv. 6. 



Syringa vulgaris— Lilac tree. Gaelic: craobh Hath ghorm^ 

 the lilac-tree. 



Ligustrum vulgare — Privet. Gaelic : ras chrann sir nine, the 



