{Iniaf, a toad, a serpent, but in this name evidently a corruption 

 from bualan, a remedy, or buadii, to overcome ; easgaraii, the 

 plague), a remedy for the plague. A name given also to the 

 ragwort. 



S. Jacobaea — Ragwort. Gaelic and Irish : biead/ilan hiiidhe 

 (from biiadh, to overcome ; buidhe, yellow) ; biiadlighallan, the 

 stripling or branch that overcomes \ guiseag b/midhe, or cuiseag, 

 the yellow - stalked plant ; cuiseag, a stalk. Welsh : Uysiii'r 

 ysgyfarnog, the hare's plant ; ilysiiir nedir, the serpent's weed 

 — agreeing with one of its Irish names, buafauan, — biiaf, a 

 serpent or toad. 



Inula Helenium — Elecampane, said to be from the offici- 

 nal name, inula campana, but probably a corruption of Helén- 

 ula. Little Helen (Jones). Greek : èÀevos, the elecampane. 

 Gaelic : ail/can, from àilie, beautiful, handsome. Irish : Ellea 

 (Gaelic, Eilidh), Helen. The famous Helen of Troy, who is said 

 to have availed herself of the cosmetic properties of the plant. 

 Cream/i, sometimes, but more generally applied to Allium 

 ursiiuun (which see). 



Bellis perennis — Daisy. Gaelic and Irish : ncoinan, or noinean, 

 the noon-flower (from iiohi, noon; Welsh : 7iawn ; Latin: noiia, 

 the ninth hour, from novem, ninth. The ninth hour, or three in 

 the afternoon, was the noon of the ancients). 



" 'San nioincan beag's mo lamh air cluin."— Mian a Bhard Aosda. 

 And the little daisy surrounding my hillock. 

 Buidheag (in Perthshire), the little yellow one. 



" Geibh sinn a bhiiidheag %^\\ Ion." — Old Song. 

 We shall find the daisy in the meadow. 



Gugan (Armstrong), a daisy, a bud, a flower. 



Chrysanthemum segetum — Corn - marigold. Gaelic : bile 

 buidhe^ the yellow blossom. Bilcach cJioigreach, the stranger or 

 foreigner. Liathaii, Irish, lia, the hoary grey one (from Greek 

 Aetos ; Welsh : llwyd), on account of the light-grey appearance 

 of the plant, expressed botanically by the term glaucous. An 

 dithean bir, the golden flower, or chrysanthemum {^pva-os, gold; 

 ai'^09, a flower). 



" Mar mhin-chioch nan or dhitheaii beag." 



Like the tender breast of the little marigold. 

 " Do dhithcan lurach luaineach 



.Mar thuarneagan de'n 'or." — M'DONALD. 

 Thy lovely marigolds like waving cups of gold. 



