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SCIENCE- G OS SI P. 



G-LOIRIS, . " glory," "radiance." Saxifraga oppositi- 

 folia. opposite-leaved golden saxifrage. 



Moran. " many," " multitude.'' Saxifraga granu- 

 lata. whisk rushes. 



Halorageae. 



Snaitebaitead. snait, " thread," " filament " ; 

 baite, " drowned." Myriopliyllum spicatuni. water 

 milfoil. 



Droseraceae. 



Duracdin MONA. bower}', "heath plant" or 

 " wile." Gealdriug. geal, fan, " white ; " driug, 

 "dew." Lusna fearnaig. Drosera rotund'< folia. 

 round-leaved sundew, red-hot ; youth-wort. 



Crass ox ace ae. 



Grapa na cloc. grafa, "a graft"; cloc, "a 

 stone." Sedum. acre, wall -pepper. 



Feine gabla. Feine tine, feine, "farmer"; 

 tine, " link." "farmer's link." Norp or Orp (the 

 name). Sinicin. Tineaglac. "reckoningkindred- 

 Mess." Toirpin or Tirpin. toir, " church " ; pin, 

 " pine." " church pine." Sempervivum tectorumb. 

 houseleek. 



Laman-cat-leacain. laman, " a glove " ; 

 leacain, " a cheek," or " side of a hill," •' a kind of 

 cheekglove." Carnan caisil. carnan, "hillock"; 

 carna, " flesh " ; caiseal, " wall," " rock " ; possibly, 

 therefore, name refers to where it grows only, or 

 to its nature also, "stone flesh." Leacan or 

 Loancait. leac, ." a flag," " fiat stone " ; leaca, 

 " cheek." Cotyledon umbilicus. navel- wort or 

 wall-pennywort. 



. Lus na LAOG. laog, " calf." W. (lho). Scduni 

 roseum. Orpine. 



Ltthrarieae. 



Breallan leana. breall, " knob," " knot " ; 

 1 ana, " meadow," " knotty meadow spike "). 

 Lythrum salicaria. purple-spiked willow-herb or 

 loosestrife. 



Onagrarieae. 



Fuinseac. Fuinseasgac. fuin, " west " ; seas, 

 " beyond." Circaea lutetiana. enchanter's night- 

 shade. 



Umbelliferae. 



Lus NA pingine. pingin, "penny"; pingine, a 

 small vessel of water equal to grs. 8 ; corn by 

 weight. Hence an herb not equal to that. Hydro- 

 eotyle vulgaris, white-rot. 



Cuilean traga. " holly," " shore-holly." 

 Eryngium maritimum. sea-holly. 



Keaga maige, Reagam. Reama. Rema. 

 All these are modifications of same original, I 

 think, reag, " night "; maig, " proud." Caogma. 

 JI EASCAN. a small dish of butter. Buine." ulcer.' 

 Sanicula eiitopaea. sanicle or butterwort. 



Iteoda. 3UX3IKA?,. min, ".gently"; rnear, 



"lust," "a wanton"; hence "the flower which 

 gently makes you happy." Muinmear. origin 

 may be as minmear or miun, " a bramble." Hence 

 " wanton bush." Conhim maculatum. hemlock. 



Lusaran GRAN bub. gran, " grain," " corn " ; 

 dub, " black." Smymium nlusatrum. alexanders. 



Peirsie moir. moir, muir, " sea," " sea parsley." 

 Apium graveolens. smallage. 



Fealla bog. feall, "treachery," "deceit"; 

 bog, "soft," "tender." Ciciaa virosa. water 

 hemlock. 



Pearsail or Peirsille. Car urn petroselinum. 

 parsley. 



Folactain. Fualactar. (? origin). Slum 

 latifolivm. water parsnip. 



COIREARAN Or TOIREARAN. COIREARAN MUICE. 

 coirearan means a root similar to that of the pignut. 

 Muicin, " a little pig." 



Cunlan. cunla, " modest." Conopodiumdenv- 

 datn-ni. jur-nut, earth-kipper. 



Cosuisge. cos, "fissure," "foot"; uisge, " water," 

 "river feet or fissure." Chaerop/iyllwm teruulum. 

 wild cicely, chervil. 



DlLLE. FENNEUL. FlNEAL CUMTRA or FlNFAL 

 CUBRA. Lusan Tsaoid. saoid, " hay," " fodder." 

 Foeniculum vulgare. finckle, fennel. 



Tatu. Tatu ban. "white side," "lord," or 

 " ever present." Oenanthe crocata. dead tongue, 

 water-dropwort. 



SlUNAS. siunan, " a vessel made of straw." 

 Liyiti&tic'um scuticvm. lovage. 



Atngealog. ain geal, "angel." Cuineog mice. 

 cuineog, " mote," " oats," or " barley " ; MlDE, 

 " Meath " ; migean, " dislike." Galluran. Gleo- 

 RAN. Contran (angelica). Angelica sylvestris. 

 wild angelica. 



Fineal SRAIUE. "road" or "lane" fennel. 

 Peucedanum sativum, hog's fennel. 



Meacan R[G, "royal taproot." Odaran. odar, 

 "pale," "dun." Heracleuiu sphondylium. madness, 

 hogweed. 



MUGOMAN. MlOlBOGAN. MlODLUCAN. mid, 

 " sight," " aspect " ; luc, " a mouse." Hence a 

 plant with a root like a mouse. A carrot root in 

 shape might easily be suggestive of the shape of a 

 mouse. Daucus carota. carrot. 



Grioloigin Greniug Geirgin Greimric. 

 Crithmum maritimum. samphire. 



Araliaceae. 



Eadan Badanan. ead, " jealousy " ; eadan, 

 " face." Fatgleab. Gort (letter G). Hedera 

 helix, ivy. 



CORNACEAE. 



Coinbile. coin, plur. of cu, "dog"; bill, "a 

 large tree." "dog's tree." Cran coirnel. Caor 

 con. caor, "berry"; cu, " hound." Cornus san- 

 guinea. dogberry tree. 



{To be continued.) 



