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A DICTIONARY OF 
Poor Man’s Parmacetty. Capsella Bursa-pastor is, L. — Ger. ‘ It 
being in some sort effectual for the same things that parmacety is.’ 
Coles, A. in E. 71. Prior, p. 185. 
Poor Man’s Pepper. (1) Lepidium campestre, Br. — Wariv. 
(2) Sedum acre, L. — Notts; Suss. Prior, p. 185. 
Poor Man’s Remedy. Valeriana officinalis, L. — ‘ It is of a great 
esteem in the Northern parts, where they never make any pottage or 
broath for any one that is sick, but they put some of this herb therein, 
be the disease what it will, and is called of them. The Poor Man's 
Remedy.' Coles, A. in E, 220. 
[Poor Man’s Rhubarb. Assigned to Thalictruin alpinum, L., in 
Engbsh Botany (ed. 3, vol. i. p. 4), but erroneously.] 
Poor Man’s Salve. Scropliularia nodosa, L. and S. aquatica, L. — 
S. Dev. 
Poor Man’s Tea. Veronica Chamcedrys, L. — Cunib. E. D. S. Gloss. 
C. 8. 
Poor Man’s Treacle. (1) Allium sativum, L. — Ger. Prior, p. 185. 
(2) Alliaria officinalis, Andrzj. E. Turner’s Botanologia. 
Poor Man’s Weather-glass. Erom its closing its flowers before 
rain. Anagallis arvensis, L. — W. dies.; Cumh. E. D, S. Gloss. C. 8; 
Hants. (New Eorest) ; Nhamp. Nth. Gloss., Wr. ; Wane. 
Poor Oats. Arena fatua, L. — Som. (General.) 
Poor Widow. Scahiosa atropurpurea, L. — Dev. 
Pope. Papaver Rlioeas, L. — S. Nhamp., ‘where going a poping is 
commonly used as a term for weeding poppies.’ Nth. Gloss. ; 
Oxf. Wr. 
Pope’s Ode (Hood). Aconitum Napellus, L. — Nhamp. Nth. Gloss. 
Pop Dock. See Dock, Pop. 
Pop-glove. Digitedis purpurea, L. — ffiornw. Hal. Wr. 
Popil. A poplar. [Populus.) Scott. Jamieson. 
Popilary. Populus niegra, L. — dies. Wilbraham’s Cheshire Gloss. 
Hal. 
Popille. ‘ Tares. Nominale MS.’ Hal. Lychnis Githago, Lam. — 
Scotl. Jamieson ; a form of Popple. 
Poplain. ‘ The poplar tree. West.' Hal. 
Poplar. The general name for the genus Populus. Balsam Poplar 
(which see) is P. halsamifera, L. ; Berry-bearing Poplar (which see), 
P. monilifera, L.; Black Poplar, P. nigra, L. (Lyte), often now-a-daj^s 
extended to P. monilifera, L. ; Lady Poplar {]V. dies.), and Lom- 
bardy Poplar (which see), P. fastigiata, Desf. ; Old English Poplar, 
P. nigra, L. (Suffi.) Loudon’s Arboretum; White Poplar, P. alba, L. 
(Lyte); Willow Poplar, P. nigra, L. {Camh. Loudon’s Arboretum). 
Popple, or Popples. (1) Lychnis Githago, Lam. ‘Vulgus appelat 
coccle aut pople.' Turn. Lib. Hal. dimh. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8; 
