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PAaIGLE. The Cowslip, Primula veris. 
Patint BrusHes. (1) The Periwinkle, Vinca 
(School children at Horton and Hatch Beau- 
champ). 
(2) Fruits of the Goat’s beard, Tragopogon 
pratense (Curry Mallet). 
(3) The Knapweed, Centaurea nigra (East 
Devon). 
(4) The Creeping Spike-rush, JFleocharis 
palustris (Charlton All Saints, Wilts). 
PAINTED LADIES. Pink and White Sweet Peas 
(Wilts). 
PaInTteD Lapy. (1) London Pride, Sazxifraga 
umbrosa (a school-girl at Oake). See PRerry Lapy. 
(2) The Striped Crane’s-bill, Geranium ver- 
sicolor (Devon). This is an escape from gardens, 
fouud 1n several districts in West Somerset. 
Patm. (1) This name was given by our 
rustics to almost any species of Willow or Sallow, 
Salix, when bearing catkins, which were formerly 
gathered by them and used as ‘“* Palm ” on Palm 
Sunday. 
(2) In addition the late G. P. R. Pulman 
gives it as being applied to the catkins of the 
Hazel, Corylus Avellana, in the Crewkerne and 
Axminster district, and the Rev. H. Friend as 
being apphed to the Yew, Taxus baccata in 
Devon. 
PALMER. A North Dorset form of the name 
Palm, applied to the Sallow (Leigh). 
PaLsy-worT. An cld country name for the 
Cowslip, Primula veris. 
PANCAKE-PLANT. Common Mallow, Malva 
sylvestris (Stalbridge and East Devon). See 
PANS AND CAKES. 
PANCAKES. The Wall Pennywort, Cotyledon 
Umbilicus-Veneris, from the shape of its leaves, 
PANE. His Honour J. S. Udal gives this as a 
Dorset name for the Parsnip. 
PANS AND CAKES. A school-gir) at Queen 
Camel gives this as a local name for the Common 
Mallow, Malva sylvestris. See PANCAKE-PLANT., 
PAPER BEECH. Common Birch, Betula alba 
(N.W. Wilts). 
PARACHUTES. (1) A name applied in many 
parts of the district to the seeds of the Thistle or 
Dandelion on account of the parachute-like 
pappus which is attached to them. 
(2) The Periwinkle, Vinca (Camerton), 
(3) Canterbury Bells, Campanula media 
(Furley). 
_PARADISE Lity. A school-gir] at Draycott 
gives me this as a local name for the Poppy, 
Papaver Rheas. 
