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of land held on payment of a bundle of box-twigs on Palm Sunday — 
‘ Terra dimid. car unus reddit inde fascem buxi in die Palmorum ; ’ 
and in Newton’s Herball to the Bible is an account of the serious 
effects produced upon ‘ a certaine young man ’ by the ashes of box 
which had been blessed upon that day, and were administered to him 
as medicine. A writer in the Stamford Mercuiy for April 15, 1870, 
speaks of hazel as well as willow being gathered on Palm Sunday in 
Lincolnshire. Further information upon the subject will be found 
in a paper contributed by one of us to the Gardeners’ Chronicle for 
March 27, 1875. 
Palm, Moor. See Moor-pawms. 
Palm, Nut. Catkins of Corylus Avellana, L. — Berw. Bot. E. Bord. 
Palm Grass. Poa aquatica, L. — Nliamp. Nth. Gloss. Wr. 
Palsy-wort. Primula veris, L. — Park. Theatr. ‘They are named 
Arthreticce and Herhce Paralysis, for they are thought to be good 
against the paines of the joints and sinewes; they are called ... in 
English pettie mulleins or Palsieworts ... A conserve made with the 
flowers . . . prevaileth woonderfuUy against the palsie.’ Ger. 637, 638. 
Prior, p. 172. 
Pancake Plant. Malm sylvestris, L., the fruits, Pancakes. N. 
Line. Cfr. Cheeses. 
Pancakes. Leaves of Cotyledon Umbilicus, L. — Dev. 
Pance, or Pances. Viola tricolor, L. — Lyte. Suss. (Culpeper), 
Fancies. Prior, p. 173. 
Panier Rush. Seirpns laenstris, L. — ‘ Bycause they use to make 
fygge frayles and paniers therewithal.’ Lyte. 
Pansy. The general name for Viola tricolor, L. — Park. Theatr. 
Clies. ; Yks. (Cleveland) ; E. Bbrd. Bot. E. Bord. ; Var. dial. Hal. Wr. 
Prior, p. 174. 
Papple. Lychnis Githago, L. — Scotland, Jamieson, who also spells 
• it Paple. ‘ A noxious seed which grows among wheat : extremely 
prolific.’ Mactaggart’s Gallovidian Encyclopsedia. 
Pap wort. Mercurialis perennis, L. — Ger. Appx. Hal. Wr. 
Paradise Plant. Daphne Mezereum, L. — Som. (Bristol). 
Paralysy, Herb. Primula veris, L. — A form of its old name Herha 
yaralisi. ‘ It is principally good for palsy.’ Grete Herball. 
Parcel, or Parsil. Petroselinum sativum, Hoffm. — North. Hal. 
Yhs. Hallamsh. Gloss. In E. D. S. Gloss. B. 13. Par sell is given 
as an Early Lowland Scotch form. 
Parietary, or Parietory. Paritory, Turn. Lib. Prior, p. 177. 
Parietaria officinalis, L. — Grete Herball. Hal. Wr. ‘ In English, 
ordinary Pellitory of the wall, but corruptly, for it hath no cor- 
respondencie vith Pellitory ; but to follow the Latine name, as most 
other countries doe, it should be called Parietarie, and of the wall is 
added according to both the names of Paritaria and Muralis.^ Park. 
Theatr. 437. 
