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stance, sap ; Latin : si/rci/s). Irish : gitis, viscous, sticky, on 

 account of the sticky nature of the berries. French : giii. 



Caprifomace^. 



Sambucus nigra — Common elder. Gaelic and Irish : ;-///>, 

 meaning "wood." "The ancient name of the tree, which in the 

 vulgar Irish is called from " (O'Reilly) ; dniman or drovian 

 (Sanscrit : dni, wood, tree ; dm mas, wood). Welsh : ysga7vc!i, 

 elder. 



S. ebulus — Dwarf elder. Gaelic and Irish : fliodh a bhalla, 

 the wall excrescence. Midart " seems to be the same as the 

 Welsh word vnoyllartaith {inwyll, emollient, and artaith, tor- 

 ment ") (Brockie). It was esteemed a powerful remedy for the 

 innumerable ills that flesh is heir to. Mulabhar [imd, a multi- 

 tude, and bar, top) may only be a corruption of mulart. The 

 specific name is from evfSoXr], eiibolc, an eruption. Welsh : 

 ysga7ven Mair, Mary's elder. 



Viburnum opulus — Guelder-rose, Water -elder. Gaelic: 

 <-í7/--/Wt77;/, heal- wax (Latin: ccra ; Greek: XVP'"'^ > Welsh: ncyr, 

 wax), the healing, wax like plant, from the waxy appearance of 

 the flowers. 



V. lantana — Wayfaring tree. Gaelic : craohh fiadJiaiii (Arm- 

 strong), the wild or uncultivated tree. 



Lonicera periclymenum — Woodbine, honeysuckle. Gaelic: 

 nil/fan (elbows, arms, joints) elbow-like plant; fcith, feithlean. 

 \úú\: featJdog,fethIen, iromfcit/i, a sinew, tendon, suggested by 

 its twisting, sinewy stems. Lus ua meala, the honey-plant, from 

 mil (Greek : /xeXi ; Latin : )>icl), honey. Dcolag, or deoghalag, 

 from deothail, to suck. Irish : cas fa chraiui^ that which twists 

 round the tree. Bame gamhuach (O'Reilly), the yearling's milk. 

 A somewhat satirical name, implying that the sucking will pro- 

 duce scanty results. In Gaelic, iadh s/ilat is frequently applied 

 both to this plant and to the ivy (see Hcdera helix). Welsh : 

 gwyddfid, tree-climber or hedge-climber. 



RURIACE/E. 



Rubia tinctorum — Madder. Gaelic : madar (Armstrong). 

 Galium aparine — Goose-grass; cleavers. Gaelic: garbh lus, 



1 In Stratharille and many other districts, lciim-a-chraiin {hitvi, jump, 

 crattii, a tree) alluding to its jumping or spreading from tree to tree. High. 

 Soc. Diet, gives diiillmr-fiithlean, probal)ly from its darkening whatever 

 grew under it. — Fergusson. 



