donald), punglas. (Bun, a root, a stack ; glas, blue. ) The 

 fishermen round the west coast and in Skye made ropes for their 

 nets of this grass, which they find by experience will bear the 

 water well without rotting. Irish : meiloigfe'r corcuir (O'Reilly), 

 — mealoig — melic (from mel, honey), the pith is like honey ; fer or 

 feur, grass ; corcuir, crimson or purplish. In some parts of the 

 Highlands the plant is called braban (Stewart). 



Glyceria — From Greek, yX.vKvs, sweet, in allusion to the foliage. 



G. fluitans — Floating sweet grass. Milsean uisge, millteach 

 uisge — perhaps from milse, sweetness. Horses, cattle, and swine 

 are fond of this grass, which only grows in watery places. Trout 

 (Salmo fario) eat the seeds greedily. The name millteach is fre- 

 quently applied to grass generally, as well as to Triglochin palustre 

 {which see). Feur uisge, water-grass. 



Briza — Quaking-grass. Gaelic and Irish: conan — conan, a hound, 

 a hero, a rabbit — may possibly be named after the celebrated 

 " Conan Maol," who was known among the Feinne for his 

 thoughtless impetuosity. He is called "Aimlisg na Feinne,'' the 

 mischief of the Fenians. This grass is also called feur gortach, 

 hungry, starving grass. "A weakness, the result of sudden hunger, 

 said to come on persons during a long journey or in particular 

 places, in consequence of treading on the fairy grass" — (Irish 

 Superstitions). Feur sithein slthe — literally, a blast of wind ; a 

 phantom, a fairy. The oldest authority in which this word slthe 

 occurs is Tirechan's 'Annotations on the Life of St. Patrick,' in 

 the Book of Armagh, and is translated "Dei terreni," or gods of 

 the earth. Crith-fheur, quaking grass. Grigleann (in Breadalbane), 

 that which is in a cluster, a festoon ; the Gaelic name given to the 

 constellation Pleiades. Ceann air chrith, quaking-grass. Welsh : 

 crydwellt. Coirc circe, hen's corn. 



Cynosurus — Etym, kvwv, a dog, and ovpd, a tail. 



C. cristatus — Crested dog's-tail. Gaelic : goinear, or goin-fheur, 

 and sometimes conan (from coin, dogs, and feur, grass). Irish : 

 feur choinein, dog's grass. 



Festuca — Gaelic: fkisd. \xvzh.: fkiste. Latin -.fastus and festus. 

 French : feste, now fete. English : feast, as applied to grass, good 

 pasture, or food for cattle. 



