ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Pig’s Foot. Lotus corniculatus, L. — Suff. 
Pig’s Hales. Fruit of Crataegus Oxyacantlia, L. — Som. Holl. Wr, 
Pig’s Hoses. Fruit of Rosa canina, L. — Dev. 
Pig’s Parsley. ‘Wild Parsley.’ Pulman. Probably Anthriscns 
sylvestris, Hoffm. ‘ Growes (I thinke) everywhere under groves and 
hedges ; but I mention it for the sake of the following story, viz. : 
Major Ventres (in Sir George Vaughan’s Eegiment) received a shott 
in the arme at Alresford-fight, and one of the bones broken. He was 
brought to Oxford, and lay at a taylor’s house in St. Abbes parish : 
his arme was exceedingly enflamed and swoln, and the chirurgiens 
could not operate till the swelling was asswaged : with their art, nor 
the physicians could not abate y® swelling. The taylor’s wife hearing 
of it, sayd that she would undertake to doe that ; and she made a 
pultesse of Pigges-Parseley stampt with oatemeale grutts, and tooke 
of the swelhng in a very short time, and then the chirurgiens cured 
him. I remembred this receipt being so short, and useful, and have 
done a great deale of good by imparting it.’ Aubrey’s (Wilts.) Eoyal 
Soc. MS. p. 120. 
Pig’s Parsnip. Heracleum Splwndylium,'L. — Sal.; Som. Pulman. 
West. Hal. Wr. 
Pig’s Pettitoes. Lotus corniculatus, L. — Suss. Parish. 
Pig’s Wrack. ‘A kind of sea-wrack boiled with meal or potatoes, 
and given as food for pigs.’ — Irel. (Antrim, Down), E. D. S. Gloss. 
Probably Chondrus crispus, L. See Irish Moss. 
Piggesnie. Prior (p. 80) considers that Dianthus Caryopliyllus, L., 
is intended by this name, which occurs in Chaucer (0. Tale, 1. 3268) 
and elsewhere. 
Pigle. ‘The herb shortwort.’ Hal. Wr. We do not know what 
is intended, unless shortwort be a misprint for stitcliwort {Stellaria 
Holostea, L.). 
Pil-corn, or Pill-corn. Avena nuda, L. — Lyte. Cornio. Camden. 
Prior, p. 180. See Pillas. 
Pilewort. Ranunculus Ficaria, L. — Lyte. Bucks. (Wycombe) ; 
W. dies. ; Glou. ; Yks. An adajDtation of the Lat. specific name. In 
Nliamp. Marsh Pilewort (Nth. Gloss.). Prior, p. 180. 
Pilewort, Great. Scrojyhularia nodosa, L. — Park. Theatr. 612. 
Piliol. Thymus Serpyllum^L. — ‘Wild thyme.’ Hal. Wr. 
Pillas, Pillis, Pillus, or Pills. Avena nuda, L. — With. ed. iv. 
(Pills); Cornw. (Pillas, Pillus, Hal. has Pelles); Camden gives 
Pellas (quasi pealed). So called from its naked seeds, the husk not 
adhering to the grain, as in common oats. This is doubtless ‘ the oat 
grass’ of E. D. S., E. Cornwall Gloss. 
Pill-bass. See Bass (2). 
Pillerds. Ilordeum vulgaxe, L. — Grose. Cornw. Hal. Perhaps 
the naked variety of barley is intended ; or the naked oat {Avena 
nuda, L.), which used to be much cultivated in Cornwall. See Pillas. 
