Malvace^. 

 Latin : inah'CE, mallows. Gaelic : maloimh, from Greek 

 fjiaXáxr], malache, soft, in allusion to the soft mucilaginous pro- 

 perties of the plants. 



"A'gearradh sios maloimh laimh lis na preasailih, agus freunilinn aiteil 

 mar bhiadh."— Stuart (Job xxx. 4). 



"Who cut up viallcnvs by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat." 



Welsh : meddalai, what softens. Gaelic : -mil mheacan, honey- 

 plant; gropais ox grobais (M'Donald) from QiO\\\\c, groh, English, 

 grub, to dig. The roots were dug, and boiled to obtain mucilage. 



Malva rotundifolia — Dwarf mallow. Gaelic and Irish : ncax 

 frangac/i, — ucas {vom Irish i/c, need, whence iic/id, a breast (Greek, 

 ox^v) — t^''^ mucilage being used as an emollient for breasts — 

 O-náfrangach, French — i.e., the French mallow. 



M. sylvestris — Common mallow. Gaelic : ucas fJwadhair, wild 

 mallow. 



Althaea officinalis — Marsh-mallow. Gaelic and Irish : leamhad, 

 perhaps from leaiiihach, insipid ; fochas, itch, a remedy for the itch 

 {ochas, itch). Welsh : morhocys, — mor, the sea, and hocys, phlegm- 

 producer, it being used for various pulmonary complaints. 



TlIJACE^,. 



Tilia europea — Lime-tree, linden. Gaelic : craobh theile. Irish : 

 craim telle, — teile, a corruption from tilia. Welsh : pis ^i;7ciydden. 



Hypericacete. 

 Hypericum perforatum — The perforated St John's wort. 

 Gaelic and Irish : eaia bJitddhe (sometimes written eala b/ii), pro- 

 bably from ca/ (for neul), aspect, appearance, and bkuidhe or bhi, 

 yellow. 



" An eala bhitidhc s'an noinean lìàn 

 S'an t'sobhrach an gleann fas, nan luibli 

 Anns am faigheadh an leighe Hath 

 Furtach fiach, do chreuch a's leòn." — Coi.lath. 

 In the glen where the St John's -wort, the white daisy, and the primrose 

 grow, the grey doctor will find a valuable remedy for every disease and 

 ■■-vound. 



"The belief was common among the Caledonians that for all the 

 diseases to which mankind is liable there grows an herb some- 

 where, and not far from the locality where the particular disease 

 prevails, the proper application of which would cure it." — 

 M'Kenzie. 



