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LEGUMINIFERJE. 



Gaelic : luis meihgeagach, pod-bearing plants. Barr-guc, papil- 

 ionaceous flowers (Armstrong). Por-cochullach, leguminous. 



" Bhrr-guc air mheuraibh nosara." — Macintyre. 

 Blossoms on sappy branches. 



Sarothamnus scoparius — Broom. Gaelic : bealaidh or beal- 

 uidh, said to be (by popular etymology) "from Beal, Baal, and uidh, 

 favour, the plant that Belus favoured, it being yellow-flowered. 

 Yellow was the favourite colour of the Druids (who were worship- 

 pers of Belus), and also of the bards " (Brockie.) Welsh : banadl, 

 etymologyobscure Irish: brum; and Welsh; ysgub. Gaelic : sguab, 

 a brush made from the broom. Latin : scoparius. Giolcach sleibke 

 (giolc, a reed, a cane, a leafless twig ; sleibhe, of the hill). Manx : 

 guilcagh. A decoction of it was used as a purgative, and to reduce 

 swelling. 



The badge of the Clan Forbes. 



Acacia seyal — In the Bible the shittah tree. Gaelic : sitta. A 

 native of Egypt and Arabia. 



" Cuiridh mi anns an fhasach an seudar, an sitta, 

 Am miortal, agus an crann-oladh. " — Isaiah xli., 19. 



Cytisus laburnum— Laburnum. Gaelic: bealaidh Fhrangach (in 

 Breadalbane), in some parts Sasunnach, French or English broom 

 (Ferguson). Frangach is very often affixed to names of plants of 

 foreign origin. This tree was introduced from Switzerland in 

 1596. Craobh Abran — Abraon, April. 



Illex — Name from the Celtic ec or ac, a prickle (Jones). 



IT. europaeus — Furze, whin, gorse. Gaelic and Irish : conasg, 

 from Irish conas, war, because of its armed or prickly appearance. 

 Attin. Welsh: eithin, prickles. Manx : jilg choyin, dogs' 

 prickles. Teine. Also the name of the letter T in Gaelic. Some 

 authorities give teine for heath. O'Reilly gives ur, the letter U 

 for heath. Not common in the Highlands, but plentiful about 

 Fortingall, Perthshire. 



Ononis arvensis — Rest harrow. Gaelic and Irish : sreang 

 bogha, bowstring Welsh : tagaradr, stop the plough ; eithin yr eir, 

 ground prickles. Scotch : cammock, from Gaelic cam, crooked. 

 Trian tarran (O'Reilly), tri a terrain (Threl). Also often 

 called wild liquorice. A troublesome, shrubby little plant, with 

 flowers like those of the broom or furze, not yellow but rosy, with 



