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treason, falsehood; :^\-\à fcallair [fcall fhear), a deceiver, — from 

 the some root (Latin, /<?//í;, to deceive). Welsh: ccgid. Latin: 

 cicuta. 



Smyrnium olusatrum — Alexanders. Gaelic: Ins nan gran 

 diibh, the plant with black seeds, — on account of its large black 

 seeds. It was formerly eaten as a salad or pot-herb, whence, 

 and from its blackness, the name ohisatrnm (Latin : olus^ a vege- 

 table, and ater, black). " ' Alexanders,' because it was supposed 

 to have been brought from Alexandria " (Ray). 



Apium (from Celtic root, abh, a fluid or water, Latinised into 

 apiiim). 



Apium graveolens — Smallage, wild celery, Gaelic : his na 

 snialaig, a corruption of smallage. Pearsal mhor, the large pars- 

 ley. lnú\ : jneirse. Greek: fx.€ipa, to divide; or Anglo-Saxon : 

 i/ii-rsc , a lake, sea. Latin : ma)'e, — marshy ground being its habi- 

 tat. Welsh : pcrsli frciigig, French parsley. 



Petroselinum sativum — Parsley. Gaelic : pearsal (corruption 

 from the Greek, ttct/jos, petros, a rock, and creA.tvoi/, selinon, 

 parsley). Mu'uiean M/iitire, Mary's sprouts. Welsh : persli. 



Heliosciadium inundatum — Marshwort. Gaelic : fualadar 

 (from/z/cr/, water). The plant grows in ditches, among water. 



Carum carui— Caraway. Scotch: can'ic ; Gaelic: carbhaidh 

 (a corruption from the generic name), from Caria, in Asia Minor, 

 because it was originally found there ; — also written carbhinn. 



" Calhair Ihalmhaiita's iV?;-/'///;/;; cliroc clicannach." — M'Intyre. 

 The yarrow and the horny-headed caraway. 



Lus Mliic C/iiiiinein, M'Cumin's wort. The name is derived from 

 the Arabic gatnoun, the seeds of the plant Cuminiini cyminian 

 {cumin), which are used like those of caraway. 



Bunium flexuosum — The earth-nut. Gaehc: braonan bhiiadiail, 

 the shepherd's drop (or nut) ; braonan bachlaig (Shaw) ; cno 

 t/ialnikainn, — cno, a nut, ihaimhahm, earth, — ploughed land, 

 ground. (Hebrew : D'^r, tilini, ridges, heaps ; D^P, ialam, break, 

 as into ridges or furrows, — heap up. Latin : telius. Arabic : 

 tel). Irish : caor thalmkainn, earth-berry ; coirearan mule, pig- 

 berries, or pig-nuts. Ciitharlan, a plant with a bulbous root. 



Foeniculum vulgare — Fennel. Gaelic : lus an fsaiod/i, the 

 hayweed. Fincal, from Latin, /a'/////;/, hay, — the smell of the 

 plant resembling that of hay. Irish : fineal chunihihra {cumhra, 

 sweet, fragrant). Welsh : ffcnigl. 



Ligusticum, from Liguria, where one species is common. 



