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Sitfast. (1) Ranvnculus repeiis, L. — From the tenacity Avitli which 
its roots cling to the ground, rendering the plant difficult to eradicate. 
Lanarhsh. Jamieson ; Belfast and North of Irel. Flora Belfastiensis 
(Antrim, Down). E. D. S. Gloss. 
(2) Ononis arvensis, L., for the same reason. Scotl. Moray, Jamieson, 
who also has Sidfast. 
Sit-sicker. Ranunculus repens, L., in allusion to its close adherence 
to the ground by its rooting stems. Cfr. Sit-fast. Aherdeensh., Stat. 
Acct. Scotl. xii. 965; Edinh.; Moray. Jamieson assigns the name in 
Mearns and Clydesdale to R. acris, L., and in Stirlingsh. to E. arvensis, 
L. ; but it is probable that R. repens is intended in each case. 
Sithes. Allium Sclioemopmsum, L. — Pulman. See Siethes. 
Siunas, or Shunas (Gael.). Licjusticum scoticum, L. — Isle of Slcye^ 
Lightfoot, FI. Scotica, i. 159. 
Siv. Yarious species of J uncus. Yks. N. & Q. 1st S. vii. 231. 
Sives. Allium Sclioenoprasum, L. — Cornio. (Truro) ; Dors. Dors. 
Gloss. ; Pulman. 
Sivven. Ruhus Idceus, L. — Ecotl. Jamieson. A Gaelic name, ap- 
plied also to a disease which resembles a raspberry. 
Six-o’clock Flower. Oryntlwr/alum umhellatum, L. — From the 
early closing of its flowers. Midland Counties. Cornhill Magazine, 
July 1865. In Bucks. Six o’clock. 
Skally Grass. Triticum repens, L. — Ireland. ^By the vulgar 
Skally-g rass.’ Threlkeld. We suspect Shelley grass in Prior (212) 
to be a misprint for Skelley-grass, as he suggests that the name is 
‘ perhaps the Sc. skellie,' in which case it would be a form of 
Skally-grass. 
Skaw. Samhucus 7iigra, li. — Corniu. Hal. (Scaw). ‘ Old Cornish 
words still in common use, as shaiu for the elder-tree ; shaw-dower , 
water-elder.’ AV. Bottrell, Stories and Folk-lore of W. Cornwall, 3rd 
Ser. 196 (1880). 
Skaw-coo. Solanwn Dulcamara, L. — Comic. Given among ^old 
Cornish words still in common use ’ in Max Muller’s Chips, hi. 213. 
Skaw-dower. In the passage cited above (under Skaw) Viburnum 
Opulus, L., would seem to be intended; but in the same work (p. 66) 
the name is referred to Scroplmlaria aquatica, L. in a foot-note to the 
following passage : — ‘ made better skaiu dower ointment than one could 
get any where else.’ Perhaps both plants are so called: the former 
is thus named in Max Muller’s Chips (iii. 273). 
Skeat-legs. Orchis mascula, L., and less generally to other orchids. 
Kent. From A.S. sccet or sceat, meaning any description of wrapping 
or swathing, the stem or ‘ leg ’ of the plant being partially enveloped 
in a sheathing leaf. 
Skedge, or Skedgwith. Ligustrum vulgar e, L. — Cornw., the old 
Cornish name still in use. Bottrell, Stories of W. Cornwall, 3rd Ser. 
196 (1880). 
