■' 'Se 's mìllse na 'a cairwal." — Beix.v-Doraix. 

 It is sweeter than ciiniaiiion. 



Canal (Welsh : cancl). 



" Rinn mi mo leabadli ciibhraitlli le mirr, aloe, agus canal." — Proverbs 

 vii. 17. 



I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 



From the Hebrew : íioj'r, qinnamon. Greek : Ktva/xw^ov, kina- 

 mòìnoìi. 



POLYGONACE/E. 



Polygonum (from ttoAi;?, many, and 701^1;, knee, many knees 

 or joints). — Gaehc : litsan glni/ieac/i, kneed or jointed plants. 



Polygonum bistorta— Bistort, snakeweed. Gaelic and Irish : 

 bihir (O'Reilly). Seems to mean the same as Inolair, a water- 

 cress. The young shoots were formerly eaten. Welsh : lysiaiir 

 neidr, adder's plant. 



P. amphibium — Amphibious persicaria. Gaelic and Irish : 

 gluineach an nlsge, the water -kneed plant. It is often floating 

 in water. Gluineach dhea/'g, the red-kneed plant. Its spikes of 

 flowers are rose-coloured and handsome. Armstrong gives this 

 name to P. convolvulus., which is evidently wrong. 



P. aviculare — Knot-grass. Gaelic and Irish : gluineach bheag 

 (O'Reilly), the small-jointed plant. 



P. convolvulus — Climbing persicaria ; black bindweed ; 

 climbing buckwheat. Gaelic and Irish : gluineach dhubh, the 

 dark-jointed plant. 



P. persicaria — The spotted persicaria. Gaelic and Irish: 

 gluineach jnhor, the large-jointed plant. Am boinne-fola (Fer- 

 gusson), the blood-spot. Lus chrann ceusaidh (M'Lellan), herb of 

 the tree (of) crucifixion. The legend being that this plant grew 

 at the foot of the Cross, and drops of blood fell on the leaves, 

 and so they are to this day spotted. 



P. hydropiper — Water - pepper. Gaelic : lus an fliogair 

 (AI'Kenzie), the plant that drives, expels, or banishes. It had 

 the reputation of driving away pain, flies, &c. " If a good hand- 

 ful of the hot biting arssmart be put under the horse's saddle, 

 it will make him travel the better though he were half tired 

 before " — Culpepper. Gluineach fiih, the hot-kneed plant. 



Rumex obtusifolius \ 



,, crispus — Dock. Gaelic and Irish : iv/i?^'- — 



,, conglomeratus ) 

 copagach, copach, bossy. W'elsh : copa, tuft, a top. 



