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Poor MAn’s GERANIUM. One of the many 
names given to the pot-plant Saxifraga sar- 
mentosa. See AARON’S BEARD (2). 
Poor Man’s Oncuip. (1) A name commonly 
applied to the Spanish Iris, but extended also to 
other species, both cultivated and wild. 
(2) Flowers of the genus Schizanthus. 
Poor Man’s ParMAcetTTy. The Shepherd’s 
Purse, Capsella Bursa-pastoris. Parmacetty is a 
corruption of the Latin sperma ceti, = whale’s 
sperm, ‘‘the sovereignst remedy for bruises.” 
The name is said to be a joke vpon the Latin 
name bursa, = a purse, which to a poor man is 
always the best remedy for his bruises. See 
MONEY-BAGS. 
PooR MAn’s PEpPER. (1) Salad Burnet, 
Poterium Sanguisorba (Melplash, Dorset). 
(2) Marsh Valerian, Valeriana dioica (Tisbury). 
Poor MANn’s Purse. Shepherd’s Purse, Cap- 
sella Bursa-pastoris (Watchet). 
Poor MANn’s TosBacco. Colt’s-foot, Tussilago 
Farfara (South Petherton). Cf. Poor Man’s 
Baccy. 
PooR MAN’s WEATHER-GLASS. The Scarlet 
Pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis, from its habit of 
closing its flowers before rain. 
Poor Oats. Wild Oats, Avena fatua (West 
Somerset). 
Poor RoBERtT. The Herb Robert, Geranium 
Robertianum (Kast Devon and Evershot). 
Poor Rosin. (1) The Herb Robert, as above. 
(2) A Devonshire name for the Red Campion, 
Lychnis dioica, commonly known in Somerset as 
Rosin Hoop. 
PoPp-BELL. The Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea 
(Winsham). 
Pop-BLADDERS. The Foxglove, as above (Mel- 
plash, Dorset). 
Pop Corns. The Spindle-tree, Huonymus 
europeus (Bradford-on-Tone). 
Por Dock. The Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea 
(West Somerset). 
Pope’s Hoop (or ODE). An old English name 
for the Monk’s-hood, Aconitum Napellus. 
Por Guns. (1) The Foxglove, as above. 
(2) Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea 
(Clapton-in-Gordano), more commonly called in 
this district SNAP-JACKS, 
(3) The Bladder Campion, Silene latifolia 
(Milborne Port). 
(4) Seeds of the Plantain, Plantago (Bridg- 
water). 
Pop-JACK. Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria 
Holostea (Bridgwater). See SNAP-JACK. 
