Helianthemum vulgare — Rock-rose. Gaelic: grian rbs, sun- 

 rose; pliir na grkine, flower of the sun (also heliotrope). Welsh: 

 blodawfr haul, sun-flower, 



Badge of the Clan Fergusson. 



violace^e. 

 (From Greek lov, ion, a violet — the food given to the cow, Io r 

 one of Jupiter's mistresses.) 



Viola odorata — Sweet violet. Gaelic: fdil-chuach, scented 

 bowl; jaile, scent, and cuach, a bowl hollow as a nest; also cuckoo. 

 Scotch: quaich, cogie (dim.), a drinking-cup. Manx: blaa villish, 

 sweet bloom. 



" Faile chuachaig ar uachdar an fheoir." — Macfarlane. 

 Scented violet on the lop of the grass. 



V. canina — Dog-violet. Gaelic: dail chuach, field-bowl (dail,. 

 a field). Danish : dal, a valley. 



" Gun sobhrach gun dail chuach. 



Gun lus uasal air earn." — Macintyre. 

 Without primrose or violet, 

 Or a gay flower on the heap. 

 Sail chuach — sail, a. heel (from its spur), cuckoo's heel. 

 " Coille is guirme sail chuach." — Old Song. 

 A wood where violets are bluest. 

 Irish : biodh a leithid, the world's paragon ; also fanaisge, probably 

 from fann, weak, faint, agreeing in meaning with the Welsh name 

 crinllys, a fragile weed. 



V. tricolor — Heart' s-ease pansy. Irish: goirmin searradh, 

 spring blue. Gaelic : spbg, no brbg na cubhaig, cuckoo's claw or 

 shoe. Manx: kiunid fea ash chree, heart's ease. 



DROSERACEiE. 



(From Greek 8/ooo-epos, droseros, dewy, because the plants appear 

 as if covered with dew). 



Drosero rotundifolia — Round-leaved sundew. Gaelic : rbs an 

 fsolais, sun-rose or flower; geald-ruidhe or dealt ruaidhe, very red 

 dew; lus an Earnaich. "Earnach" was the name given to a 

 •distemper among cattle, caused by eating a poisonous herb — some 

 say the sun-dew. Others, again, aver the sun -dew was an effectual 

 remedy. This plant was much employed among Celtic tribes for 

 dyeing the hair. Irish: eil drtlichd (eil, to rob, and druichd, dew) 



