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Lus an lonaidh {^Angelica sylvestris) — Wood angelicn. Lon- 

 aidh is the piston or handle of the churn. The umbelliferous 

 flower has much the appearance of that implement. The com- 

 mon name in Breadalbane (see page 31). 



Lus an t' seann duine — The old man's plant. Name given in 

 some places to " southernwood," Artemisia abrotanum. 



Lus na seabhag — Hawkweed. 



Meacan easa beanine (/V^///^)— Female paeony. 



Meacan easa fiorine {Fceonia) — Male paeony. Old botanists 

 used to distinguish between two varieties of this plant, and named 

 them male and female. This was a mere fanciful distinction, 

 and had no reference to the real functions of the stamens and 

 pistils of plants; but yet there existed a vague idea, from time 

 immemorial, that fecundation was in some degree analogous to 

 sexual relationship, as in animals — hence such allusions as 

 " Tarbh, coiile," '' Dair na coille'' (see. page 68). 



Meilise {Sisyi?ibriiwi officinale) — Hedge mustard. 



Neandog chaoch {Lamiiim) — Dead nettle; blind nettle. 



Onn. Some authorities give this name to Ulex europcea^ as well 

 as to Euonynms. Welsh, chwyn — hence Scotch and English idhin. 



Pea^air tuilbh (O rob us tuberosus) — Bitter vetch. 



Ponair churraigh {Me?iya?it/ies) — Marsh trefoil, meaning the 

 marsh-bean, bog-bean. 



Pis phreachain ( Vicia sativa) — Pis = peas. Freachan, a ravenous 

 bird. 



Raibhe {Raphanus) — Radish. 



Ramasg — Applied to various species of Ftici^ from ram, a 



branch, an oar — oar-weed. 



Reagha maighe, \ , ^ ■ , ^ \ ^xt ■, • i 



.„ . , \ {Sanicida europceiis) — Wood-sanicle. 



Reagaim and raema j ^ 



Beilige, reilteag {Gej-a/iinm Robertianum) — From reil or ;r///, 

 a star. 



Rian roighe {Geranijrm Robertianum) — Crane's-bill. 



Ros maU {Althcea rosea) — Hollyhock. 



Rotheach tragha {Cratnbe maritiinq^ — Seakale. 



Searbhan muic (Cic/iorium endiva)—'Endi'\vQ. 



Seircean mor {Arctijim lappa) — Burdock. 



Seud {Hypericum). 



Sibhin {Scirpus lacustris) — Bulrush. 



^io6.Q, \viS {Lyc/iJiis Jlos-cucu/i) — Ragged Robin; meaning the 

 si Ik- weed, from its silken petals. 



Son duileag (Lapsana communis) — Ni]>ple-wort. Son, good; 

 duileag, a leaf. 



