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R. sanguineus — Bloody-veined dock. Gaelic: a' chopagach 

 dhearg, the red dock. The stem and veins of leaves are blood- 

 red. Welsh : Tafolen gbch (coch, red). Manx : capag jiarg, red 

 ■dock. 



R. alpinus — Monk's rhubarb. Gaelic : lus na purgaid, the 

 purgative weed. A naturalised plant. The roots were formerly 

 used medicinally, and the leaves as a pot-herb. Welsh : arianallys. 

 The same name is given for rue. 



R acetosa — Common sorrel. Gaelic : samh, sorrel. Irish : 

 samhadhbb, cow-sorrel (f or samhsee Oxalis). Puinneag(MsLcdona\A). 

 Irish : puineoga. Name given possibly for its efficacy in healing 

 sores and bruises (a pugilist, puinneanach). Sealbhag, not from 

 sealbh, possession, more likely from searbh, sour, bitter, from its 

 acid taste. 



" Do shealbhag ghlan 's do luachair 

 A borcadh suas ma d' choir." — Macdonald. 

 Thy pure sorrel and thy rushes 

 Springing up beside thee. 



Sea/gag (Irish : sealgan), are other forms of the same name. 

 Copag shraide, the roadside or lane dock. Sobh (Shaw), the herb 

 sorrel. Manx: shughlagh. 



R. acetosella — Sheep's sorrel. Gaelic and Irish : ruanaidh, the 

 reddish-coloured. It is often bright red in autumn. Pluirin 

 seangan (O'Reilly), the small-flowered plant (pluran, a small 

 flower ; seangan, slender). Samhadh caora (O'Reilly), sheep's 

 sorrel. Samh, that part of the plant which bears seed. 



Oxyria reniformis — Mountain sorrel. Gaelic and Irish: sealbh- 

 ag nam fiadh, the deer's sorrel. 



Aristolochiace^e. 

 Aristolochia clematitis — Birth-wort. Culurin (see Cyclamen.) 

 Asarum europseum — Common asarum. Gaelic : asair (Macdon- 

 ald), from the generic name, "asara bacca." The leaves are 

 emetic, cathartic, and diuretic. The plant was formerly employed 

 to correct the effects of excessive drinking, hence the French, 

 cabaret. 



Empetrace^e. 

 Empetrum nigrum — Crow-berry. Gaelic and Irish : lus na 

 Jionnaig (fionnag, a crow). Sometimes written feannag, (dearc 



