Sail c/iitac/i, — sail, a heel (from its spur). 



" Coille is guirme sail chuac/i.^—Ola Song. 

 A wood where violets are bluest. 



Irish : biodh a leithid, the world's paragon ; also fanaisge, pro- 

 bably from fan, weak, faint, agreeing in meaning with the Welsh 

 name, criiillyns, a fragile weed. 



Droserace.í:. 

 (From Greek Spoo-epo?, droseros, dewy, because the plants appear 

 as if covered with dew.) 



Drosera rotundifolia — Round-leaved sundew. Gaelic : ros 

 an Psolais, sun-rose or flower ; geald-rnidhc or dealt riiaidhe, very 

 red dew; lus na fearnaich, the plant with shields (its leaves have 

 some resemblance to shields). Irish : cil druich {eil, to rob, and 

 drnich, dew), the one that robs the dew; druichdin mona, the 

 dew of the hill. Welsh : doddedig rudd, — dod, twisted thread, 

 and fudd, red, the plant being covered with red hairs. 



POLYGALACE^. 



(From Greek -nokv, poly, much, and yaXa, gala, milk.) 



Polygala vulgaris — Milkwort. Gaelic : lus a b/idine, milk- 

 wort. Irish : lusan baine, the same meaning, alluding to the 

 reputed effects of the plants on cows that feed upon it. 



Carvophvllace^. 

 Saponaria officinalis — Soapwort, bruisewort. Gaelic : gairgean- 

 cregach. Irish : gairbhin creugach, the bitter one of the rocks ; 

 garb/lion, bitterness, and creugach, rocky. The whole plant is bit- 

 ter, and was formerly used to cure cutaneous diseases. Lus an 

 shiabunn, the soapwort. Welsh : scbonllys, the same meaning 

 {sebon, soap), Latin sapo, so called probably because the bruised 

 leaves produce lather like soap. Soap was a Celtic invention. 



" Prodest et sapo. Gallorum hoc inventum, 

 Rutilandis capillis, ex sevo et cinere. " — Pliny. 



Lychnis flos-cuculi— Ragged robin. Gaelic : ////;- jia cubhaig, 

 the cuckoo flower ; curachd na cubhaig, the cuckoo's hood. 



L. diurna — Red campion. Gaelic : clrean coileach, cockscomb ; 

 in some places corcan coille, red woodland flower. 



L. githago — Corn-cockle. Gaelic : brogna cubhaig, the cuckoo's 



