186 POPULAR NAMES 



POPLAR, BLACK-, in contrast to the White poplar, . 



P. nigra, L. 



LOMBARDY-, from a perhaps mistaken belief that it 

 came originally from the north of Italy, 



P. fastigiata, Dsf. 



WHITE-, or GREY-, from the colour of the under- 

 surface of its leaves, P. alba, L. 



POPPY, A.S. papig, L. papaver, 



GARDEN-, or OPIUM-, or WHITE-, 



P. somniferum, L. 

 HORNED-, from its long curved seed-pods, 



Glaucium luteum, L. 



BED-, or CORN-, or FIELD-, P. Ehceas, L. 



SEA-, Glaucium luteum, L. 



SPATLING-, from the froth called cuckoo-spittle so 

 frequently found upon it, Silene inflata, L. 



WELSH-, from its occurrence in Wales, 



Meconopsis cambrica, L. 



POTATO, Sp. Batatas, the name of a tropical convol- 

 vulus, the so-called "Sweet-potato," injudiciously trans- 

 ferred to a very different plant, Solanuin tuberosum, L. 



POTHERB, WHITE-, the lamb's lettuce, in contrast to the 

 Olus atrum, or Black potherb, Valerianella olitoria, L. 



POUKENEL, or POWKE-NEEDLE, L. acus demonis, Devil's 

 darning needle, from Pouke or Puck, Satan, in allusion to 

 the long beaks of its seed-vessels, Scandix Pecten, L. 



PRATLING PARNELL, a name that seems to imply a girl 

 of suspicious character, who has let out secrets, or told 

 tales to her own discredit. Like the other names of this 

 flower, London Pride, Nancy Pretty, etc., it may allude to 

 some popular tale, song, or farce, that was in vogue in the 

 last century. Saxifraga umbrosa, L. 



PRICKLY SAMPHIRE, see SAMPHIRE. 

 PRICKET, Fr. triacquette, dim. of triacque^ and 

 PRICK-MADAM, Fr. trique-madame, for triacque madame, 



