Irish : iiiaib iiisge or caineab uisgL\ water-hemp (from Greek 

 Kai'mySts ; Latin, cannabis, hemp ; the root can, white). 



Bidens cernua — Bur marigold. Irish : sceachog Mhiiire, 

 Mary's haw. 



Achillea ptarmica — Sneezewort. Gaehc : cniaidJi his, hard 

 weed. (Latin: cnuius, hard, inflexible). Mcacan ragaim, the 

 stiff plant. Roibhe, moppy. 



A. millefolium — Yarrow. Gaelic : his chosgadh na fola, the 

 plant that stops bleeding. Lus na fohi, the blood weed. Earr 

 thahnhainn, that which clothes the earth {eat-r, clothe, array). 

 Athair ihalmhainn, the ground father. Cathah- thahnhamn, the 

 ground seat or chair. Probably alterations of earr (for thahn- 

 hainn see Biiniiwi flexiiositin). 



" Cathair thaliiihainii''s carbhin chioc-cheannach." — M 'In tyre. 

 The yarrow and the horny-headed caraway. 



Solidago virgaurea — Golden rod. Gaelic : fuinseag coille Ì 

 A name given by Shaw to the herb called *' Virgo pastoris." 

 Also one of the names of the mountain-ash {Pynis aiiciiparia, 

 which see). 



Jasione montana — Sheep - bit. Gaelic : dubhan nan caora 

 (O'Reilly). Dubhan, a kidney ; caora, sheep. 



Campanulace^. 

 Campanula- — Gaelic : barr-cinigeajinach, bell-flowered. 

 " Barr-cluigeannach-sinnteach gorm-bhileach." 

 Bell-flowered extended, blue-petalled. 



C. rotundifolia — Round-leaved bell-flower. Gaelic : brog na 

 ciibhaig, the cuckoo's shoe. Am phtran chiigeannach, the bell- 

 like flower. ^Velsh : byscdd cllyilon, imp's fingers. Scotch : 

 witch's thimbles. 



Lobelia dortmanna — Water-lobelia. Flùr an lochain, the lake- 

 flower. 



Ericace^. 



Erica tetralix — Cross-leaved heath. Gaelic : fraochfrangach, 

 French heath. Fraoch an ruinnse, rinsing heath ; a bunch of its 

 stems tied together makes an excellent scouring brush, the other 

 kinds being too coarse. {Fraoch, anciently /rí?ír//.) Welsh: 

 grf/g. Greek : ipeiKu), ereiko, to break, from the supposed qual- 

 ity of some of the species in breaking the stone (medicinally). 

 The primary meaning seems to be to burst, to break, and appears 

 to be cognate with the Latin, fractuni. F7-aoch also means 



