Chapter 39
" _acetosa_--Sorrel.
" _acetosella_--Sheep's sorrel.
_Oxyria reniformis_--Mountain sorrel.
_Empetrum nigrum_--Crow-berry.
_Mercurialis perennis_--Mercury.
_Euphorbia helioscopia_--Sun-spurge.
" _peplus_--Petty-spurge.
_Callitriche verna_--Springwater starwort.
_Urtica dioica_--Common nettle.
_Ulmus montana_--Wych elm.
_Myrica gale_--Sweet gale; bog-myrtle.
_Betula alba_--White birch.
" _nana_--Dwarf birch.
_Alnus glutinosa_--Alder.
_Salix pentandra_--Sweet willow.
" _alba_--White willow.
" _angustifolia_--Little tree-willow.
" _ambigua_--Ambiguous willow.
" _reticulata_--Net-leaved willow.
" _viminalis_--Common osier.
" _cinerea_--Grey sallow.
" _caprea_--Great sallow.
" _nigricans_--Dark-leaved willow.
" _herbacea_--Dwarf willow.
_Populus tremula_--Aspen.
_Quercus robur_, or _pedunculata_--Oak.
_Corylus avellana_--Hazel.
_Pinus sylvestris_--Scotch fir.
_Juniperus communis_--Juniper.
" _nana_--Dwarf juniper.
_Orchis maculata_--Spotted orchis.
_Gymnadenia conopsea_--Fragrant orchis.
_Habenaria albida_--Small white orchis.
" _chlorantha_--b.u.t.terfly orchis.
" _bifolia_--Smaller b.u.t.terfly orchis.
_Herminium monorchis_--Green musk orchis.
_Listera ovata_--Tway-blade.
_Epipactis ensifolia_--Narrow-leaved h.e.l.leborine.
_Iris pseud-acorus_--Yellow iris.
_Hyacinthus non-scriptus_--Wild hyacinth.
_Allium oleraceum_--Wild garlic.
" _ursinum_--Ramsons.
_Tofieldia pal.u.s.tris_--Scottish asphodel.
_Narthecium ossifragum_--Bog asphodel.
_Juncus conglomeratus_--Common rush.
" _lamprocarpus_, or _articulatus_--Jointed rush.
" _triglumis_--Three-flowered rush.
_Luzula sylvatica_--Great hairy-rush.
" _spicata_--Spiked hairy-rush.
_Triglochin pal.u.s.tre_--Arrow-gra.s.s.
" _maritimum_--Sea-side arrow-gra.s.s.
_Potamogeton natans_--Broad-leaved pond-weed.
" _lucens_--s.h.i.+ning pond-weed.
" _oblongus_--Oblong-leaved pond-weed.
_Eriophorum v.a.g.i.n.atum_--Hare's-tail cotton-gra.s.s.
" _angustifolium_--Common cotton-gra.s.s.
_Equisetum arvense_--Field horse-tail.
" _sylvatic.u.m_--Wood horse-tail.
" _limosum_--Smooth horse-tail.
" _pal.u.s.tre_--Marsh horse-tail.
_Polypodium vulgare_--Common polypody.
" _phegopteris_--Mountain polypody; beech fern.
" _dryopteris_--Tender three-branched polypody; oak fern.
_Lastrea oreopteris_--Sweet mountain fern; mountain buckler fern.
" _filix-mas_--Male fern.
" _spinulosa_--Narrow p.r.i.c.kly-toothed buckler fern.
" _dilatata_--Broad p.r.i.c.kly-toothed buckler fern.
_Polystichum lonchitis_--Holly fern.
" _lobatum_--Close-leaved p.r.i.c.kly s.h.i.+eld-fern.
_Cystopteris fragilis_--Brittle bladder fern.
_Athyrium filix-fmina_--Lady fern.
_Asplenium adiantum-nigrum_--Black spleenwort.
" _trichomanes_--Common wall spleenwort.
" _viride_--Green spleenwort.
" _marinum_--Sea spleenwort.
" _ruta-muraria_--Wall rue.
" _septentrionale_--Forked spleenwort.
_Scolopendrium vulgare_--Common hart's-tongue.
_Blechnum boreale_--Hard fern.
_Pteris aquilina_--Common brake.
_Hymenophyllum Wilsoni_--Scottish filmy fern.
_Osmunda regalis_--Royal or flowering fern.
_Botrychium lunaria_--Moonwort.
_Ophioglossum vulgatum_--Common adder's tongue.
_Lycopodium clavatum_--Common club-moss.
" _annotinum_--Interrupted club-moss.
" _alpinum_--Savin-leaved club-moss.
" _selago_--Fir club-moss.
Chapter VIII.
Sh.e.l.lS OF GAIRLOCH.
By the REV. JOHN M'MURTRIE, M.A.
The following article appeared in _Good Words_ in August 1883, and is generously contributed to this work by the author, the Rev. John M'Murtrie, lately