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PEDLAR’S BASKET. The Ivy-leaved Toadflax, 
Linaria Cymbalaria. 
PEE-ABED. The Dandelion, Taraxacum 
officinale. See PISS-ABED. 
PEEP o’ Day. A Martock ladyfgives me this 
as a local name for an early Spring flower, yellow 
and white, having smooth leaves. 
Prec-woop. The’ Spindle-tree, Huonymus 
europeuvs (St ockland, Devon). See SKIVER. 
TIMBER. 
PELLA Mountain. An old English name for 
the Wild Thyme, Thymus Serpyllum. 
PENNIES AND MHALF-PENNIES. (1) Yellow 
Rattle, Rhinanthus Crista-galli (Shoscombe). 
(2) A school-boy at Bradford-on-Tone gives 
me this as a local name for the Moneywort, 
Lysimachia Nummularia. 
PENNY FLOWER. The Wall Pennywort, Cotyle- 
don Umbilicus-Veneris. 
Penny Grass. Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus 
Crista-galli. 
PENNY Hats and PENNY LEAF are both Devon- 
shire names for the Wal! Pennywort, Cotyledon 
U mbilicus-V eneris. 
Penny Pies. A fairly general name through- 
out the district for the Wail Pennywort, Cotyledon 
Umbilicus-V eneris. 
Penny RATTLE. Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus 
Crista-galli (Tatworth). 
PENNY WINKLE or PENNY WINKS. A common 
corruption of Periwinkle. 
PENNyY-wort. (1) The Wall Pennywort, 
Cotyledon Umbilicus-Veneris, from the shape of 
its leaves. 
(2) The Common White-rot, Hydrocotyle vul- 
garis, sometimes called MARSH PENNYWORT. 
PEPPER Box. Mr. F. W. Mathews, of Brad- 
ford-on-Tone, gives me this as a local name for 
the Yeliow Rattle, Rhinanthus Crista-galli. 
PEPPER Boxes. Common Red Poppy, Papaver 
Rheas (Hatch Beauchamp); no doubt from the 
way in which the ripe seeds are shaken out from 
capsule. 
PEPPER Pots. Puff-balls; any fungus of the 
genus, Lycoperdon (Sexey’s School). More gener- 
ally called SNUFF-BOXEs. 
; PERIWINKLE. A correspondent at Charmouth 
gives me this as a loca! name for the Blue-beil, 
Scilla non-scripta. 
_PETER’S Pence. Honesty or Lunary, Lunaria 
biennis (Bloxworth, Dorset). 
