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farmers bum the " weed " or throw it over the cliffs 

 into the sea when working on the coast line. It is 

 " saved " by the people of the poorer districts and used 

 as fodder for the donkeys in the winter. The difficulty 

 in economically preparing the root, in washing, drying, 

 cutting, and cleaning the product for the drug market 

 is, so far, insurmountable. 



Nardus Strictu. Matweed. LuAtdifi ^adai^. 



Hordeum Secalinum. Barley (genus). eofitiA. 



, FILICES. 



Ireland, owing to the moisture of its climate, is the Fern's 

 Paradise. More varieties and more elegant fronds are found 

 here than in Great Britain. 

 Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense. Tunbridge Filmy Fern. 



■RAittieAC ScAnAnAC. 

 Trichomanes Radicans. Killarney or Bristle Fern. ■R.AitneAC 



•RuAinneAc. 

 Adiantum Capillus-Veneris. Maiden Hair. "OuBCof ac ; €£ 



ScAitpeAc ; pAitxeAnn ponn. 

 Sometimes used as an expectorant. 

 Pteris Aquilina. Bracken. TtAitneAC. 

 Blechnum Spicant. Hard Fern. CeAnnAtoAn "OuticofAC ; 



Tl.41tne.AC C-puAfO. 

 Asplenium Adiantum Nigrum. Black Spleen Wort. 1uoaj\ 



UAtrfiAn ; 1_u-p r\A Seitge. t-uf An CofpAm ("Out)). 

 Asplenium Trichomanes. Maiden Hair Spleen Wort, tup An 



Co-p^Ain. 

 Lastrea Oreo pteris. Sweet Mountain Fern.- TtAitneAC Ttlitif 



An cSl&iOe ; Cfim-f AitneAC. 

 Lastrea Aspidium Filix-mas. Male Fern. TTlApc fUitneAC 

 Important medicinally ; is a remedy for intestinal worm, 



particularly the Tape Worm. 

 Polypodium Vulgare. Polypody. SceAifi nAgClxxi ; 1TleAj\lAj;. 

 The root was used for (1) Rheumatism as an infusion, 



(2) as a snuff when powdered. 

 Polypodium Dryopteris. Oak Fern. SceArii "Oa^ac ; Scim 



T)At\AC. 



Osmunda Regalis. Royal Fern. TlAitneAc An TCiog ; t)ioj\- 

 f AitneAC ; ^All TlAitneAC ; 1nnium-1TI6m. 



