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Pyrus aucuparia — Mountain-ash, rowan-tree. Old Irish and 

 Gaelic : litis, drink {luisj-eog, a charm). The Highlanders formerly- 

 used to distil the fruit into a very good spirit. They also be- 

 lieved " that any part of this tree carried about with them would 

 prove a sovereign charm against all the dire effects of enchant- 

 ment or witchcraft." — Lightfoot (1772). Fiiinseag coille, the wood 

 enchantress, or the wood-ash (see Circced) ; craohh chaoran, the 

 berry -tree {caor, a berry). Irish: fair/a i/ni dcarg, the red 

 crab. 



" V>\\ dh'eirge a ghruidli 11a caoraa.'' — Ossian. 

 His cheeks were ruddier than tlie ro\\an. 



" Siiil chorrach mar an dearcag, 

 Fo rosg a dh-iathas dlii, 

 Gruidhean mar na caoi-an 

 Fo n' aodann tha leam ciiin."— An cailin dileas donn. 



Thine eyes are like the blaeberry, 

 Full and fresh upon the brae, 

 Thy cheeks shall blush like the rowans 

 On a mellow autumn day. 



(Translated by Professor J. S. Blackie.) 



This plant is the badge of the Clan M'Lachlan. 



Pyrus cydonia — Quince-tree. Gaelic : craobJi cliuiiiusc, cor- 

 ruption of quince, from French coig/iassa, pear-quince. Originally 

 from Cydon in Candia. 



AURANTIACE/E. 



Citrus aurantium — The orange. Gaelic: or iib/ial, golden 

 apple ; or mheas, golden fruit ; oraisd} from Latin aiiniiu. 

 Irish : or. Welsh : oyr, gold. 



" 'S Phoebus dàth na'n tonn 

 Air fiamh oreitsin." — M 'Donald. 

 And Phcebus colouiing the waves 

 With an orange tint. 



Citrus medica — Citron. Gaelic : craohh s/iitroin. 



Citrus limonum— Lemon. Gaelic ; a-a?ifi limoin. French : 



liinoii. Italian : liwonc. 



1 Spelt by M 'Donald properly orainis. His spelling generally is far from 

 correct, and the same word often spelt different ways. He is also much 

 given to translating a name from the English. — Fergusscm. 



