SCIENCE- G OS SIP. 



most efficient apparatus is afforded for the taking- 

 in of those materials which are of the utmost im- 

 portance in the nutrition of plants — namely, salts 

 of sodium and potassium, and of some of the other 



metals. 



(To be continued.') 



IRISH PLANT NAMES. 

 By John H. Barbour. M.B. 



(Continued from page 174.) 

 C'APRIFOLIACEAE. 



Baixe-gamxac. gamnac. " a stripper " ; baine, 

 " milk," " strippers milk." Cas fa crax. cas, 

 " twined " ; fa, " to " ; cran, " tree " ; Duilleur 

 Feitleax, Featlead. Feleog. Felix. All words 

 having reference to " clinging." Iadslat. Iadad, 

 "■ I surround "; slat, "switch," " surrounding rod." 

 LtjsAN crois. "the crowning herb"; Taitfui- 

 leax. "pleasure holly." Lonicera periclyinenv/ni, 

 woodbine. 



Ceiriocax. ceir, "berry"; ioca, "healing." 

 Viburnum opulus. water elder, guelder rose. 



Cran dbomain or Gran tromaix. Thom crax 

 TRITTM. tron and trom, " elder " ; ruis, " letter Pl." 

 Sambucus nigra, elder. 



Craob-dromaix. Malabar. Malabard. Mtj- 

 laburd. latter three names are but modifications 

 and have reference to its being second to the 

 former tree, in that " bar " means a son. Sambucus 

 ebulus. dane's-blood. dwarf elder, dane's-blood, 

 because it was supposed to grow from the blood of 

 fallen Danes. 



RUBIACEAE. 



Madar. Madra. ■• dog." Ruhia peregrina. 

 madder. 



Madra FRAOIG. fraoid, " skirts." " dog's skirts." 

 Balad Exis. balad, " smell." " scent," Enis, 

 - opening made in the warp by the gears of a loom 

 in weaving." Cucullox. Bu. Galium verum. 

 yellow lady's bedstraw. 



Lusgarb. "rough herb." Alrmeirig. Galium 

 sparine, clivers, robin-in-the-hedge. catchweed. 



Yalebiaxeae. 



Caoirix leaxa. caoirin. a little " berry " or 

 " sheep " ; I think it is " meadow sheep." Cartax- 

 CT7RAIG. cartan, "charity"; curad, "champion," 

 " knight," " a knight of charity." CASTRAN 

 ARRAIG. Lus XA TRI ballax. tri, " three " ; 

 ballan, "teat," "shell." Valeriana mikanii and 

 V. dioica. valerian, all-heal. 



DlPSACEAE. 



Caba df.sax. a very pretty cap. Scabiosa 

 arcensis. field scabious. 



Leadax. hair of the head. Leadax" ax 

 tTCAiRE. liodan, "litany"; ucaire, "a cloth 



napper," "a fuller," •• fuller's litany." Lus AN 

 FTJCADOIR. fucadoir, " a fuller," " fuller's herb." 

 Taga. taca, •■ pin. peg, nail." DlPSACtrs syl- 

 VESTRIS. teasel. 



Greim a DIABAIL. greim. "hold," " grip." 

 Devil's grip. Uracalac or Uraballac. ura, 

 •• contention," -strife"; calla, a "hood," "cowl"; 

 callac. a " boar " ; ballac, " spotted," possibly 

 '• spotted strife," referring to its appearance. 

 Odarac MtTBiiAC or Uarac mullaig, both pro- 

 bably same words and meaning, " dun head " or 

 "dullish coloured head." Scabiosa succisa. devil's- 

 bit scabious. 



COMPOSITAE. 



Xoixix. noiuin, "a little noon." Bellis pe/rennis. 

 daisy. 



Cadluib. Gxablus. cnaub, " hemp." Liat- 

 LUs roib. Filago germanica. chafeweed, cud- 

 weed. 



Ellea. Ailgeax. " noble offspring." MEACAN 

 uilleax. Inula helenium. elecampane. 



3Iarb DROIGEAX. marb, "dead," "heavy," W. 

 marw. droigean, " deep." SCEACOGMuiRE. sceac, 

 '.' briar," " Mary's briar." Bidens cermta. nodding 

 bidens. 



SCATOG AluiRE. scatog, " blossom." " Mary's 

 blossom." Bid.ens tripartita, water-bur. mari- 

 gold. 



Atairtalmiux. atair, "father"; talmiun, "of 

 the ground." Eartalaiiux. ear. "head." " earth - 

 head." Achillea millefolium, yarrow. 



Cruaid lus. cruaid, "hard." "severe." "the 

 callous plant." aIeacax-ragaim or Meacax 

 roibe. ragaim is the name, also roibe. meacan, 

 " a tax^root." Achillea ptarmica. sneezewort. 



COMAN anONliA. coman, " a shrine," " a holy 

 shrine." Anthemis nobilis. chamomile. 



Bilic cuige. bilic, " a tuft " ; cuige, " secret." 

 Diteix a tare. Liatax. Buacalax buide 

 possibly means " yellow Vjleacher," but buacalan 

 may stand for buafanan, " a toad," " yellow toad." 

 Clirysa/tvtltemvm segetum. gonlans, goldins. 



Easpuig bax or Easpuig speaix. white bishop. 

 Xoixix aior. mor, "great"; "greater daisy." 

 Chrysanthemum leucantTiemum. ox-eye daisy. 



Mead duac. proper drink for fever. C. par- 

 thenium. feverfew. 



Eaxsead. Lusxa ffraxc. " French herb." 

 Tanacetum vulgare. tansy. 



Buacalax or Buafaxax bax or liat. buafan. 

 "a young toad"; ban, "white"; liat, "grey," 

 " hoary." " white or hoary toad." Liatlus. grey 

 plant. Moxgax Measga. Mugard. mugan, "a 

 mng." Artemisia vulgaris, mugwort. 



ADAN. adan. -a cauldron"; adancium. -to 

 kindle." Billeog ax or Duilleur spoinc. 

 spuinc, " claw " ; " claw-like leaf." Cluais liat. 

 " grey ears." Fatax or Fotaxax. Carduus (?) 

 "thistle." 



(To be continued.) 



