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Pies’ Cress. (1) Stinking Chamomile or 
Mayweed, Anthemis Cotula (Winsham). 
(2) Several young people at Stockland (Devon) 
give me this asa local name for ‘* Brook-lime,”’ 
but in view of the confusion to which reference 
is made under that heading I caanot pretend to 
identify the plant. Dr. Watson writes me: 
** Brooklime, Marshwort, and Water-cress are 
often associated. The reference is probably to 
Marshwort, Apium nodiflorum, which is some- 
times called PIE-CREss in Devon, because it is 
pied with Ws:tcr-cress. 
(3) The Nipplewort, ZLapsana communis (A 
school-boy at Evershot). 
Pics’ Daisies. The Stinking Chamomile, 
Anthemis Cotula (North Dorset). 
Pics’ Ears. Sedum acre and other species of 
Stonecrop ; on account of the thick fieshy spikes 
which serve for leaves. 
Pigs’ FLop. Cow-parsnip or Hog-weed, 
.Heracleum Sphondylium (Hast Devon). See 
Pics’ BUBBLES. 
Pics’ FLtower. The Stinking Chamomile, 
Anthemis Cotula (North Dorset). 
Pics’ Foop. Cow-parsnip or Hog-weed, 
Heracleum Sphondylium (Dorset). 
Pics’ HALES, HAws, HEELS. HELLS, or ISLEs. 
The fruit of the Hawthorn, Crateg us monogyna. 
Pies’ Moutus. (1) The Snap-dragon, Antirr- 
hinum majus. 
(2) Yetlow Toadflax, Linaria vulgaris. 
Pics’ Nuts. (1) The Common Earth-nut or 
Hog-nut, Conopodium majus, for which pigs are 
fond of grubbing. 
(2) The Horse Chestnut, Msculus Hippo- 
castanum (East Somerset). 
(3) Acorns (Martock). 
Pies’ Parstey. (1) This name is applied 
somewhat loosely to various members of the 
Parsle, famil,, but most commonly to the 
Upright Hedge Parsley, Caucalis Anthriscus. 
(2) In Dorset the name is sometimes givea 
to the Wild Carrot, Daucus Carota. 
Pics’ PARSNIP. Cow-parsnip or Hog-weed, 
Heracleum Sphondylium (West Somerset). 
Pics’ Pears. Fruit of the Hawthorn, Crategus 
monogyna (Stogursey). See Piegsy and PIXIEz 
PEARS. 
Pics’ RHUBARB. Greater Burdock, Arctium 
majus (Hammoon, Dorset). Dr. Watson writes : 
“Ts not this more likely to be the Butterburr, 
Petasites ovatus, which is often called, or rather 
mis-calied, ‘‘ Wild Rhubarb.” The plant men- 
tioned, Arctium majus, is not likely to be differen- 
tiated by your correspondent from A. minus, and 
is very much rarer.” 
