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5iiiirii&f."j Pinus syliestris linne, Scotch Fir. — In general use in Clare Island, 

 5iu]\ J not for the living tree, which is not found there, but for the bog- 

 deal or relies of old forest, which are plentiful in cut-away bogs in 

 several places. The large stump of bog-deal is known in the island as 

 C^itte^c 5uiiTi&i|-e or Fir Hag. It is a curious fact that the Spruce 

 Fir {Pinv.s Abies) bears in Lapland the native Lapp name guesa, very 

 closely similar in sound to the Gaelic name for the allied Scotch Fir. 

 (See Linnaeus, " Flora Lapponiea," 2nd ed., p. 285.) 

 Stioj^]!. Equisetum maximum Lamarck. Great HorsetaiL — General in Clare 

 Island, where the species is common. The name is perhaps connected 

 with the Gaelic for prattle or jingling sound in allusion to the rustle 

 made by the Horsetails as they are stirred by the breeze, or as one 

 walks through them, 

 gluine&c -oe&ng, Eed Kneed-Plant. Polygonum Persicaria linne. — Clare 



Island, precisely as in Connemara and in Kerry. 

 5ponnli;^. Senecio vulgaris Linne, Groundsel. — Clare Island. General in 

 Gaelic Ireland. Perhaps an Irish modification of the English 

 groundsel. 

 5t ,u ^ii*c ) Lithotliamnion calcarewm Aresch. and IMhophyUum fasciculatum 

 5tuin<Nti&c. J Fosl. — The common name for the " Coral " about Inishlyre and 

 the "Westport channel generally, where beds of both species occur. It is 

 used as a Heath-killer, lime being deficient in most of the drift islands of 

 Clew Bay, so that heather grows freely if permitted. Speaking of the 

 " coral " as it came up in our dredge off Inishlyre, a Eossmindle fisher- 

 man said : " It cuts the heath to pieces and clears it off the land." 

 Li-mc. Pinguecula vulgaris Linne, Butterwort. — Clare Island, where it is said 

 to poison geese. Perhaps connected with Leice or hi-t^-6, sheep rot, the 

 plant growing in marshy ground, which induces the disease in sheep. In 

 Kerry I have found the form teic uif^e in use. 

 ti.sc. Laminaria frond. — At Cloghmore, Acbill Sound, 1910. A name of very 

 obscure sound, and perhaps generic for broad-leaved water-plants. It is 

 used as a component in Gaelic names for the Pondweed and the "Water- 

 lily. 

 Lii]- moji, Great Plant. Digitalis purpurea Linne, Foxglove. See ItteAji&c&n. 

 Ill-Mae ttleAji^cin, Thinible Stick or Staff. Digitalis purpurea Linne, Fox- 

 glove. — This is the prevailing name in Clare Island for the flowering 

 plant of the Foxglove. The name \,uy mop, so commonly given to the 

 plant in other parts of Ireland (I have found it in use in Donegal, Galway, 

 Clare, and Kerry), appears in the island to be applied only to the 

 immature state, with its conspicuous tuft of broad base-leaves. In this 



