GUEKXSEY DIALECT AXJ) PLANT NAMES. 45 



Pavie. Reed Mace [Typha latifolia). 



Pavot Sauvage. Red Poppy [Fapaver rhoeas). Also called Rose de Tchen 

 and Coqne. 



PenneeOUte or Ponn'eoute. Meadow Orchis (Cr^/ns^r^i-i/ora). Lit. Wliit- 

 siiutide. So named because these beautiful flowers appear at that season 

 of the 5'ear. 



PePChepiePPa. Samphire [Crithmum mantimum). 



PeupieP. Black Poplar [Fopulus )ilgra). Pronounced as if written peu-pi-ye. 



Pi d'alOUette. Field Wood Rush {Ln~jaa. camjwstrls). Lit. Lark's foot. 



Pi d'mOUisSOn. ^\\e'^\\Qvd'&V\\v^e {Cajisellahnysa-pastoris). Lit. Bird's foot. 



Pi de Yon. Buttercup {RcouuicuIks repots and R. biilhosus). Lit. Lion's foot. 

 3L\ Hocart tells me that three allied species are distinguished by different 

 names : F'l dc Yon a uonds, or Nut Buttercup {R. btdbosics) ; Pi de Yon lattdi, 

 or CKnging Buttercup {R. repeus), and Ft de Yon a rachaincs, or Buttercuj) 

 AAith roots {R. acris). 



Piantain. G-reat Plantain {Flantago major). 



Piat LaitPOn. Cat's Ear [Rypochoirls radicata). Lit. Flat So^vthistle. 

 Because the leaves lie flat on the ground. 



Piatte Snile. Halberd-leaved Orache {Atriplex hastata). 



Pieot. Motherwort {Leonurns cardiaca). A farmer at St. Martin's pointed out 

 to me this plant as being an excellent medicine for pigs. A handful of 

 the leaves, together "\\^tli half a dozen scales of Houseleek [Sempervivum 

 fectonan) are pounded up, and the juice, after straining, is mixed with a 

 little milk, and given to i^igs when they are sick. The milk is added 

 merely to induce the animals to drink the medicine. 



Piepot. Meadow Buttercup {Rannncnl/fs acris). Le Hericher says Fupot is 

 pled de poule, or fowl's foot. 



Piment. Common Balm {Melissa officinalis). Grown in gardens on account 

 of its medicinal ^irtues. A "tea" made by pouring boiling water on 

 the leaves is esteemed an excellent restorative. 



PimpePnelle. Scarlet Pimpernel {Anagallis arvensls). 



Pissenliette. Pilewort or Lesser Celandine {Rcoiiuicalas ficaria). A remedy 

 for piles is made by boiling fresh lard and straining it through the flowers 

 of this plant. 



Plise. Grass Wrack {Zostera marina). Pronounced exactly like the English 

 word pAease. 



Pouliet or Poue-ye. Y^dWwyxoyA iXentha pnleyiimi). So called at the Vale, 

 and said to be efficacious in destroying vermin on children's heads. These 

 parasites are kno^\^l by the name of pou/is, a word which it is impossible to 

 write phonetically in French, but which sounds as if spelt in English i^icaic. 



PoumieP. A^Dple-tree {Pyr/cs mains). The fruit, or apple, in pome. 



POUmieP du Guiable. Thorn Apple {Datara stramonium). Lit. Devil's 



Apple-tree. 

 Poumiliepe. Garlic Mustard {Alliaria officinalis). I have had this plant 



brought me under tliis name, but a man showed me in his garden at the 



Vale, a plant which he called Fonmiliere and it was Hellebore, though that 



si)ecies does not grow wild in this island. 

 Pousse de banque. Hare's Tail Grass (Layurus ovatus). In this name the 



word poHsse is, I am told, the same as our puss, meaning a cat. The 



woolly heads of Lagurus somewhat resemble Sallow catkins, which English 



children often call " Pussy cats." 

 PPUnele. The Sloe, or fruit of the Blackthorn [Frunus spinosa) . 



Ppunet. Butcher's Broom {Rusciis aculeatus). Used in the north. In the 

 south called Var Genet. 



