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R. sanguineus — Bloody-veined dock. Gaelic: a chopagach 

 d/icarg, the red dock. The stem and veins of leaves are blood- 

 red. 



R. alpinus — Monk's rhubarb. Gaelic : lus na pi/rgaid, the 

 purgative weed. A naturalised plant. The roots were formerly 

 used medicinally, and the leaves as a pot-herb. Welsh : ariau- 

 Ilys. The same name is given for rue. 



R. acetosa— Common sorrel. Gaelic : sajnh, sorrel. Irish : 

 saiiihadh bo, cow - sorrel (for sanih see Oxalis). Fitmneag 

 (M'Donald). Irish : puineoga. Name given possibly for its 

 efficacy in healing sores and bruises (a pugilist, piimneanach). 

 Sealhhag, not from sealbh, possession, more likely from searbh, 

 sour, bitter, from its acid taste. 



" Do s/iealb/iag g\\\h.n 's do luachair 



A bòrcadh suas ma d' choir."— M'DoNALL). 

 Thy pure sorrel and thy rushes 

 Springing up beside ihee. 



Scdlgag (Irish, sca/ga/i), are other forms of the same name. 

 Copog shraiik, the roadside or lane dock. Sobh (Shaw), the herb 

 sorrel. 



R. acetosella — Sheep's sorrel. Gaelic and Irish : nianaidh, 

 the reddish-coloured. It is often bright red in autumn. Pliiirin 

 seangan (O'Reilly), the small -flowered plant {pluran, a small 

 flower ; seangan., slender). Samhadh caora (O'Reilly), sheep's 

 sorrel. 



Oxyria reniformis — Mountain - sorrel. Gaelic and Irish : 

 sealbhaig nan fiadh, the deer's sorrel. 



Aristolochiace.e. 



Aristolochia clematitis — Birth-wort. Culurin (see Cyclamen). 



Asarum europseum — Common asarum. Gaelic : asair 

 (M'Donald), from the generic name, said to be derived from 

 Greek — a, privative, and o-etpa, bandage. The leaves are emetic, 

 cathartic, and diuretic. The plant was formerly employed to 

 correct the effects of excessive drinking, hence the French, 

 cabaret. 



Empetrace^. 



Empetrum nigrum — Crow-berry. Gaelic and Irish: his na 

 fionnag {fionnag, a crow). Sometimes written Jiannag, fiadhag 

 {dearc Jit/iic/i, raven's berry; caor Jio/tnaig, crow-berry), the ber- 



