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Gaelic : liis /lain uroig/ilecig. Irish : hraig/ilcog (from braig/i, top, 

 summit, a mountain), the mountain-plant ; ordinary signification, 

 a berry. Bó-d/iearc, cowberry. {''''Bo, a cow, from which the 

 Greeks derived /soos, an ox" — Armstrong.) Latin: vacca and 

 vacciniuin. 



"Do leacan chaoimhneil gu dearcach brioghlcagach.'' 

 Thy gentle slopes abounding with whortleberries and cowberries. 



Badge of Clan M'Leod. 



V. oxycoccos — Cranberry. Gaelic and Irish : viuUeag, a word 

 meaning a little frog ; the frogberry. It flourishes best in boggy 

 situations. Fraoc/iag, because it grows among the heather. 

 Monog, bog or peat berry. Mio/iag, the small berry. 



V. uliginosum — The bogberry. Gaelic : dearc roidc, the gall 

 or bitter berry. The fruit abounds with an acid juice ; when 

 the ripe fruit is eaten, it occasions headache and giddiness. 



Ileace.í:. 

 Ilex aquifolium— Holly. Gaelic and Irish : ciiilcaitu. Welsh : 

 cclyn. A.-S, : holegii. (C in Gaelic corresponds with h in the 

 Germanic languages.) Ciil, guard, defence ; ctiil, that which 

 prohibits. Compare also cicilg, gen. of colg, a prickle, or any 

 sharp pointed thing. The lower leaves of this tree are very 

 prickly, and thus guard against cattle eating the young shoots. 

 Welsh : celyii, tree, shelterer or protector ; eel, conceal, shelter, 

 cover. 



" Ma theid thu liiisgte tioimh thorn dioighinn 

 'S coiseachd cas-lom air/r<;'<?j cuilcann 

 Cadal gun lein' air an eanntaig, 



'S racadal itheadh gunn draing ort," (\;c. — Blar Shunadail. 

 If you go naked through a thorn thicket, 

 And walk barefooted on the Jiolly, 

 Sleep without a shirt on the nettle, 

 And eat horse-radish without a grin, òcc. 



OLEACEyE. 



Olea europsea — European olive. Gaelic and Irish : eraiiii 

 oladh or ola (Greek : «Aata, a word, according to Du Theis, 

 derived from the Celtic 3 Welsh : oleu), the oil-tree. 



" Sgaoilidh e gheugan, agus bithidh a mhaise mar an cranti-oladh.''' 



"He will spread his branches, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree.'''' — 

 IIosEA xiv. 6. 



Syringa vulgaris— Lilac tree. Gaelic : eraobh Hath ghonn, 

 the lilac-tree. 



Ligustrum vulgare— Privet. Gaelic : ras chrann sir nine, the 



