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Lycopsis arvensis — Bugloss. Gaelic : lus teang'-an-daimh, 

 ox-tongue Boglus, corruption of bolg, an ox ; lus, a plant. Welsh : 

 tafod yr ych, the same meaning Bugloss, from Greek /3ovs, bous, 

 an ox, and yXoo-tra, glossa, a tongue, in reference to the roughness 

 and shape of the leaves. 



Myosotis palustris — Marsh scorpion-grass or forget me-not. 

 Gaelic and Irish : cotharach, the protector (cothadh, protection) ; 

 perhaps the form of the racemes of flowers, which, when young, 

 bend over the plant as if protecting it. Lus nam mial, the louse - 

 plant — probably a corruption of miagh, esteem. Lus midhe 

 (O'Reilly), a sentimental plant that has always been held in high 

 esteem. 



Symphytum officinale — Comfrey. Gaelic : meacan dubh, the 

 large or dark plant. Irish : lus na ccnamh briste, the plant for 

 broken bones. The root of comfrey abounds in mucilage and 

 was considered an excellent remedy for uniting broken bones. 

 " Yea, it is said to be so powerful to consolidate and knit together, 

 that if they be boiled with dissevered pieces of flesh in a pot, it 

 will join them together again " (Culpepper). 



EcMum vulgare — Viper's bugloss. Bog/us (see Lycopsis) and 

 lus na nathrach, the viper's plant. 



Cynoglossum officinale — Common hound's tongue. Gaelic 

 and Irish : teanga con (O'Reilly). Teanga 'choin, dog'stongue. 

 Welsh : tafod y ci, same meaning. Greek : cynog/ossum (kviov, 

 kyon, a dog, and y\w<ra, glossa, a tongue), name suggested from 

 the form of the leaves. 



PlNGUICULACE^E. 



Pinguicula vulgaris — Bog-violet. Gaelic : brbg na cubhaig, 

 the cuckoo's shoe, from its violet-like flower. Badan measgan, 

 the butter-mixer ; badan, a little tuft, and measgan, a little 

 butter-dish ; or measg, to mix, to stir about. On cows' milk it 

 acts like rennet. Lus a' bhainne, the milk-wort. It is believed 

 it gives consistence to milk by straining it through the leaves. 

 Uachdar, surface, top, cream — a name given because it was 

 supposed to thicken the cream. Mbthan or mban (Lightfoot). 

 " Buainidh mise a' mbthan, an luibh a bheannaich an Domhnach ; 

 fhad 'a ghleidheas mi a' mbthan cha 'n 'eil beo air thalamh gin a 



