C. suecica — Dwarf cornel, — literally, Swedish cornel. Gaelic 

 and Irish : lus-a-chraois, plant of gluttony {craos, a wide mouth ; 

 gluttony, appetite). " The berries have a sweet, waterish taste, 

 and are supposed by the Highlanders to create a great appe- 

 tite, — whence the Erse name of the plant" (Stuart of Killin). 



Umbellifer.ií. 



Hydrocotyle vulgaris — Marsh pennywort. Gaelic : Ins 7ia 

 peig/iiii/i, the pennywort. Irish : Ins na pinghine (O'Reilly), 

 from the resemblance of its peltate leaf to a peighiiin^—'x Scotch 

 penny, or the fourth part of a shilling sterling. 



Eryngium maritimum — Sea-holly. Gaelic and Irish : cuilcann 

 tràgkiì, sea-shore holly. (See Ikx aquifolium). Welsh : y mdr 

 gely/i, sea-holly {celvnen, holly). 



Sanicula europaea — Wood sanicle. Gaelic : bodan coil/e, wood- 

 tail, — the little old man of the wood. Irish : caogma, — caog, to 

 wink. Biiine, an ulcer, — a noted herb, " to heal all green wounds 

 speedily, or any ulcers. This is one of Venus, her herbs, to cure 

 either wounds or what other mischief i1/<7ri- inflicteth upon the 

 body of man" (Culpepper). Welsh : dust yr arth, bear's-ear. 



Conium maculatum — Hemlock. Gaelic : viinmhear (Shaw), 

 — smooth or small fingered, or branched, in reference to its foli- 

 age ; inongach mhear, and muiniiihear, — mong and mui/ig, a 

 mane, from its smooth, glossy, pinnatifid leaves. Minbhar, soft- 

 topped or soft-foliaged. Iteod/ia, iteotha, — ite, feathers, plumage. 

 The appearance of the foliage has evidently suggested these 

 names, and not the qualities of the plant, although it is looked 

 upon still with much antipathy. 



" Is coslach e mcasg cliaich 



Ri iteodha an garadh." — M'Intyre. 

 Among other people he is like a hemlock in a garden. 

 " Mar so tha breilheanas a' fas a nios, mar an iteoiha ann claisibh na mach- 

 rach. "— lies. x. 4. 



Thus judgment springeth up like a hcmloik in the furrows of the fiekl. 



Welsh : gwÌ7i diilad, pain-killer. Manx : aghue. 



"' Ta'n aghue veg shuyr da'n ai^hiw vooar. " — Manx Proveriì. 

 The little hemlock is sister to the big hemlock. 

 (A small sin is akin to the great one.) 



Cicuta virosa — Water-hemlock. " The hemlock given to 

 prisoners as poison " (Pliny) ; and that with which Socrates was 

 poisoned. Gaelic and Irish : fcalla bog, the soft deceiver; fca//. 



