" Dh' itheadh biolair an fhuarain 



'S air bu shuarach an càl. " — M'Doxald. 

 I would eat the cress of the wells. 



Compared to it, kale is contemptible. 



Sinapis arvensis — Charlock, wild mustard. Gaelic : marag 

 b/ijiidhe, the yellow sausage (to which the pod is supposed to 

 bear some resemblance). Sceallan, — sceall, a shield. Sgealag 

 (Shaw), — sgealpach, biting. Mustard, from the English. 



" Mar ghrainne de shlol miistaird." — Stuart. 

 Like a grain of mustard-seed. 



Gaelic : praiseach garbh, the rough pot-herb. 



Resedace.í:. 



Keseda luteola — Weld, yellow weed. Gaelic : /us huidhe mor, 

 the large yellow weed. Irish : buidhe mor. the large yellow. 

 ^Velsh : llysie lliu, dye-wort. Reseda, from Latin resedo. Gaelic : 

 reidh, to calm, to appease. 



CiSTACE/E. 



(From Greek Kto-rr;, kiste, a box or capsule, from their peculiar 

 capsules. Latin, cista ; Gaelic, ciste ; Danish, kiste.) 



Helianthemum vtilgare — Rock-rose. Gaelic : grian 7'òs, sun- 

 rose ; plùr ua griiue, flower of the sun (also heliotrope). Welsh : 

 biodaior haul, sun-flower. 



Violace.í:. 



(From Greek lov, ion, a violet, — the food given to the cow To, 

 one of Jupiter's mistresses.) 



Viola odorata — Sweet violet. Gaelic : fail chuac/i, scented 

 bowl ; fail, scent, and cuach, a bowl hollow as a nest. Scotcli : 

 qitaich, cogie (dim.), a drinking-cup. 



" Fail chiiachaig zx uachdar a flieoir." — M'Farlaxe. 

 Scented violet on the top of the grass. 



V. canina — Dog-violet. Gaelic : dail chuach, field-bowl {fail, 

 a field). Danish : dal, a valley. 



" Gun sobhrach gun dail chuacli, 

 Gun lus uasal air càrnn." — M'lxTVRE. 

 Without primrose or violet, 

 Or a gay flower on the heap. 



