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Sempervirum tectorum — House-leek. Gaelic : lus nan cluas, 1 

 the ear-plant (the juice of the plant applied by itself, or mixed 

 with cream, is used as a remedy for ear-ache) ; lus garaidh, the 

 garden wort; oirp, sometimes written norp (French, orpin); 

 tinneas na gealaich, lunacy — tinn, sick, and gealach, the 

 moon. Teinne Eagla (Threl) = tinn, sickness, Eag, the moon— it 

 being employed as a remedy for various diseases, particularly 

 those of women and children, and head complaints. Irish : 

 sinicin, tir-pin (sometimes tor-pan), a cluster, a bunch. Welsh : 

 llysie pen-ty, house-top plant. Manx: lus-y-thie, the house-plant. 



Cotyledon umbilicus — Navel-wort, wall-pennywort. Gaelic : 

 lamhan cat leacainn, the hill-cat's glove. Irish : carnan-chaisil 

 (O'Reilly), cam, a heap of stones, and caiseal, a wall (or any stone 

 building), where it frequently grows. Manx : lus-yn-imleig, navel- 

 wort. 



" The navel-wort was used as a poultice for scalds or pimples 

 on the arm in the Isle of Man " (Roeder). It grows on rocks 

 and walls — the ruins of Iona for example — but only on the west 

 coast from Argyle southward, and throughout Ireland. It is 

 easily known by its round peltate leaves. 



SaXIFRAGACEjE. 



Saxifraga — Saxifrage. Gaelic : cloch-bhriseach (Armstrong), 

 stone-breaker — on account of its supposed medical virtue for that 

 disease. Welsh : cromil yr englyn. 



S. granulata — Meadow saxifrage. Gaelic and Irish : nibran, 

 which means many, a large number — probably referring to its 

 many granular roots. 



S. umbrosa — London pride. Gaelic : cal Phadruic, Peter's 

 kail. 



Chrysosplenium oppositifolium — Golden saxifrage. Gaelic : 

 lus nan laogh (the same for Sedum telephium). Irish: clabrus, 

 from clabar, mud, growing in muddy places ; gloiris, from gloire, 

 glory, radiance — another name given by the authorities for the 

 "golden saxifrage;" but they probably mean Saxifraga aizoides, 



!1 This is what I always heard it called ; but M'Donald gives norn and in 

 the Highland Society's Dictionary it is given creamh-ghraidh, , evidently a 

 translation by the compilers, as they give the same name to the Leek. — 

 Fergusson. 



