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PUBLICANS AND SINNERS. A name sometimes 
given to Buttercups and Marsh Marigolds be- 
cause they are often found growing together 
(Rev. H. Friend). 
PuppDENS. Red Campion, Lychnis dioica 
(Ubley). 
Purr Batts. (1) The general English name 
for fungi of the genus Lycoperdon. 
(2) A name given by schooj-children in 
various parts of the district to the seed heads 
of the Dandelion, Thistle, &c. 
Purr CiLocks. The Seed head of the Dandelion. 
(Otterhampton). See above. 
PUMPERNAL. The Scarlet Pimpernel, Anagallis 
arvensis (Stogursey). 
PURPLE BERRIES. A number of young people 
at Paulton give me this as a local name for the 
berries of the Elder, Sambucus nigra. 
PURPLE Buttons. Field Scabious, Scabiosa 
arvensis (Winscombe). 
PURPLE GRASS. An old country name for the 
Purple Loose-strife, Lythrum Salicaria. 
PURPLE HYACINTH. Early Purple Orchis, 
Orchis mascula (Caiiton Cantelo). See note under 
BuLoopy BOoNEs. 
PURSE-FLOWER. Shepherd’s Purse, Capsella 
Bursa-pastoris (Sampford Arunde}). 
Purses. Yeilow Rattle. Rhinanthus Crista- 
galli (Bradford-on-Tone). Sse MONEY-BAGS. 
Pussies. Great Reed-mace, Typha latifolia 
(Mid-Somerset). 
Puss-TAIL. Meadow Fox-iail Grass, Alope- 
curus pratensis (High Ham). 
Pussy Cats. (1) Catkins of Willow, Sallow 
Hazel, &c. 
(2) Several correspondents in Bridgwater and 
the district apply this name to various grasses— 
Couch-grass, Rye-grass, Wild Barley, Foxtail, and 
Timothy. 
Pussy Cats’ Tarts. (1) Same as Pussy 
Cats (1). 
(2) Miss Ida M. Roper tells me that the 
Prickly Twig-rush, Cladiwm Mariscus, is known 
by this name at Shapwick (Somerset). 
Pussy Face. The Pansy, both cultivated, 
Viola tricolor, and wild, V. arvensis. 
Pussy Foot. White or Dutch Clover, Tri- 
folium repens (Watchet). 
Pussy (or Pussy’s) Fur. Catkins of Willow 
and Sallow (Wiveliscombe and Evercreech). 
Pussy Patm. Catkins of Willow and Sallow 
