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geal, red or white currants; dearc Fhrangach, French berry. 

 Spriunan. 



R. grossularia — Gooseberry bush. Gaelic : preas ghrbiseid 

 (written also grbseag, grbsaid), the gooseberry — from grossulus, 

 diminutive of grossus, an unripe fig, — " so called because its 

 berries resemble little half -ripe figs, grossi" (Loudon). French: 

 groseille. Welsh : grwysen. Scotch : grozet, grozel — from kri'is, 

 curling, crisp. " The name was first given to the rougher kinds 

 of fruit, from the curling hairs on it." — Skeat. 



" Suthan-lair's faile grbiseidean." — M'Intyre. 

 Wild strawberry and the odour of gooseberries. 



The prickles of the gooseberry bush were used as charms for 

 the cure of warts and the stye. A wedding-ring laid over the 

 wart, and pricked through the ring with a gooseberry thorn will, 

 remove the wart. Ten gooseberry thorns are plucked to cure the 

 stye — nine are pointed at the part affected, and the tenth thrown 

 over the left shoulder. 



Crassulace^e. 

 (From Latin, crassus, thick — in reference to the fleshy leaves and 

 stem. Gaelic : crasag, corpulent.) 



Sedum rhodiola — Rose-root. Gaelic and Irish : lus nan laoch, 

 the heroes' plant ; laoch, from the Irish, meaning a hero, a cham- 

 pion, a term of approbation for a young man. Grows on most of 

 the higher Highland mountains, to 4000 feet, also on the sea side 

 rocks. It has thick, crowded leaves," with yellow or purplish 

 flowers. 



The badge of the Clan Gunn, 



S. acre — Stonecrop, wall-pepper. Gaelic and Irish : grafan 

 nan clack, the stone's pickaxe. Also in Gaelic : glaslann and 

 glas lean, a green spot. Welsh : manion y ceryg. 



S. Anglicum — White or pink sedum. Irish : Biadh an t-Sion- 

 aidh. Sionadh — a prince, a lord or chief. It was formerly 

 eaten as a salad, and considered a delicacy. It grows most 

 frequently on the West Coast and all round Ireland. 



S. telephium— Orpine. Scotch : orpie. Gaelic : orp (from the 

 French, orpin). Lus nan laogh, the calf or fawn's plant ; laogh, 

 a calf, a fawn, or young deer, a term of endearment for a young 

 child. Welsh : telefin (from Latin, telephium. 



