Parnassia palustris — Grass of Parnassus. Shaw gives the 

 naxne Jioiuisgoth [Jionn, white, pleasant, and sgoth, a flower), "a 

 flower," but he does not specify which. Finonan gcal has also 

 been given as the name in certain districts, which seems to indi- 

 cate \\\2X fionnsgoth is the true Celtic name. 



Araliace^. 



Hedera — " Has been derived from hcdra, a cord, in Celtic " 

 (Loudon). 



Hedera helix — Ivy. Gaelic : cid/ieann, that which clothes or 

 covers (from eid, to clothe, to cover) ; written also eigheann (age, 

 a web), eidh/ic, citncann. 



" Spionn an eillicanii o'craobh." — Olu Foem. 



Tear the ivy from the tree. 

 " Eitlicann nan crag."— OssiAN. 

 The rock-ivy. 



" Briseadh tro chreag nan eidheann dlu' 

 Am fuaran iir le torraman trom." — Miann a Bhakd Aosda. 

 Let the new-born gurgling fountain gush from the ivy-covered rock. 



Faithleadgh, Irish : faithlah, that which takes hold or possession. 

 Welsh : iiddew (from eiddiaw, to appropriate). Irish : aighneann 

 (from aighne, affection), that which is symbolic of affection, from 

 its clinging habit. Gort, sour, bitter — the berries being unpal- 

 atable to human beings, though eaten by birds. lalluin (from 

 iall, a thong, or that which surrounds ); perhaps from the same 

 root as helix. Greek : eiAew {eileo, to encompass) ; also iadh- 

 s/ilaf, the twig that surrounds, — a name likewise given to the 

 honeysuckle {Loniccra periclymeiium), because it twines like the 

 ivy — 



" Mar iadh-sldat ri stoc aosda." 

 Like an ivy to an old trunk. 



An giit/i, a spear, a dart. 



The badge of the Clan Gordon. 



CoRNACE^. 



Cornus (from Latin : cor>iii, a horn). Gaelic : corn. French : 

 coruc. " The wood being thought to be hard and durable as 

 horn." 



Cornus sanguinea— Dogwood, cornel-tree. Gaelic : coiii-bhil, 

 dogwood ; avibhaiscne, dog-tree {baiscne, Irish, a tree). Irish : 

 crann coirncl, cornel-tree. 



