Vitis vinifera — Vine. Gaelic : craim foua, fionaii. Irish : 

 fion, wine. Greek : foiv-ov. Latin : vin-um. Fiou dcarc, a grape. 



Geraniace.í:. 



(From Greek ycpavo?, geranos, a crane. Tlie long beak that ter- 

 minates the carpel resembles the bill of a crane ; English : crane- 

 bill. Gaelic : crob priachain (Armstrong), the claw of any 

 rapacious bird.) Lus-gná-ghorm. (M'Kenzie.) Evergreen plant. 



Geranium Robertianum — Herb Robert. Gaelic and Irish : 

 riglical cull (from rigJic, reproof, and cuil, fly, gnat, insect), the fly 

 reprover. Riaghal ciiil, also rial chiiil, that which rules insects ; 

 Earbidl righ [earbu/i, a tail). 



"Insects are said to avoid it." — Don. 



Riddel, the red-haired. Lus an Eallan, the cancer weed. 

 Righeal righ. Irish : righcan righ, that which reproves a king 

 {righ, a king), on account of its strong disagreeable smell. 

 Welsh : trocdrydd, redfoot. Llysie Robert, herb Robert. 



G. sanguineum — Bloody cranesbill. Gaelic : creachlach dearg, 

 the red wound -healer {creaeh, a wound). Geranitnn Roberti- 

 amwi and Geranium sanguineum have been and are held in 

 great repute by the Highlanders, on account of their astringent 

 and vulnerary properties. 



OXALIDACE^. 



(From Greek oet'?, oxys, acid, from the acid taste of the leaves.) 



Oxalis acetosella— Wood-sorrel. Gaelic : samh, shelter. It 

 grows in sheltered spots. Also the name given to its capsules. 

 Also summer. It may simply be the summer flower. 



" Aig itheach sai/nh," eating sorrel. 



Seamrag. Irish : seamrog (shamrock) {seam, mild and gentle), 

 little gentle one. Referring to its appearance. 



' ' 'L&seamragan 's le neonainean, 



'S'gach lus a dh'fheudain ainmeachadh 



Cuir anbharra dhreach boidhchead air." — M'Intvre. 



With wood-sorrel and with daisies, 



And plants that I could name, 



Giving tlic jilace a most beautiful appearance. 



Surag, the sour one ; Scotch : sourock (from the Armoric sur, 

 Teutonic suer, sour). Welsh : suran y gog, cuckoo's sorrel. 



