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caol mtosachan, the slender monthly one. Irish: ceolagh ; ceol r 

 music. " It's little bells made fairy music." 



MALVACEAE. 



Latin : malvce, mallows. Gaelic : maloimh, from Greek fia\dxr}, 

 malache, soft, in allusion to the soft mucilaginous properties of the 

 plants. 



"A gearradh sios maloimh laimh ris na preasaibh,agus freumhan aiteil mar 

 bhiadh." — Stuart (Job. xxx. 4). 



"Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat." 

 Welsh: meddalai, what softens. Gaelic: mil mheacan, honey- 

 plant; gropais or grobais (Macdonald) from Gothic, grob, English, 

 grub, to dig. The roots were dug, and boiled to obtain mucilage- 



Malva rotundifolia — Dwarf mallow. Gaelic and Irish: ucas 

 Frangach— ucas from Irish uc, need, whence uchd, a breast (Greek, 

 o\0r] — the mucilage being used as an emollient for breasts — and 

 Frangach, French — i.e., the French mallow. 



M. sylvestris — Common mallow. Gaelic : ucas fiadhain, wild 

 mallow. Manx: Lus na meala mor; /us ny maol Moirrey, Mary's 

 servant's plant. The common mallow was probably distinguished 

 by the word "beg'' in Manx little, and the large one, lavatera 

 arborea, by " nibr,'' big. 



Althaea officinalis — Marsh-mallow. Gaelic and Irish: leamhadh, 

 perhaps from leamhach, insipid ; fochas, itch, a remedy for the 

 itch (ochas, itch). Welsh: morhocys — mor, the sea, and hocys, 

 phlegm-producer, it being used for various pulmonary complaints. 

 Welsh: Rbs mall. 



TILIACEjE. 



Tilia europea — Lime-tree, linden. Gaelic : craobh theile. Irish: 

 crann teile — teile, a corruption from tilia. Welsh: pis gwydden. 



HYPERICACE^E. 



Hypericum perforatum — The perforated St. John's wort. 

 Gaelic and Irish : eala bhuidhe (sometimes written eala bhi), pro- 

 bably from eal (for neul), aspect, appearance, and bhuidhe or bhi, 

 yellow. 



" Sibhrach a's eala bhi 's barra neoinean." — MACINTYRE. 

 Primrose, St. John's wort, and daisies. 

 "An eala bhuidhe 'san neoinean ban 

 'S an t'sobhrach an gleann fas, nan luibh 

 Anns am faigheadh an leighe liathe 

 Furtach fiach, do chreuch a's leon." — Collath. 

 In the glen where the St. John's wort, the white daisy, and the primrose 

 grow, the grey doctor will find a valuable remedy for every disease and wound . . 



