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Pink, add (4) Armeria maritima, Willd. Dev. Friend. 
(5) Saxifraga umbrosa, L. — Dev. Friend, 
Pink, Wild, add (3) Geranium Rohertianum, L. — Glon. (Ched- 
worth). Tea made from tliis plant with Ground Ivy and Five-finger- 
grass is much used as a remedy for red rash. See Prior, sub. v. Herb 
Robert, who quotes the medicinal use of this plant as probably 
accounting for the name. 
Piny, add Oxf. (Standlake). 
Piskies. (1) Dried stems of Heradeum Sphondglium, L. — Cornw. 
(2) Stellaria Holosfea, L. (also Pixie), Dev. ‘ This was the regular 
name around Plymouth some years ago. The children around still 
say that if you gather the flowers you will be pixy-led.’ Friend. 
PissABED. (1) add Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. ; Lane. E. D. S. Gloss. ; 
Ruf. 
Pixie. See Piskies, supra. 
Plum-puddings. (1) ‘Campion.’ Lychnis diurna^ Sibth., and L. 
vespertina, Sibth. Suff. Science Gossip, 1882, p. 214. 
Poison-berry. add ‘The berries [of Solamiin Dulcamara^ in 
common with the berries of black bryony [^Tamus comifnunis\ and 
white bryony \_Bryonia dioica] are generally known to children as 
poisoning berries.^ Yks. (Wakefield). Topography and Nat. Hist, of 
Lofthouse (1882), p. 177. 
Poisonous Tea Plant. Solanum Dulcamara^ L. Oxf. (Standlake). 
Polypodium. Campanula latifolia, L. — Yks. (Bedale). Where the 
leaves are eaten as spinach. Field, June 29, 1876. 
Poor Jan’s Leaf. Sempervivum tedorum, L. — Dev. ‘The people 
have great faith in the healing properties of the plant.’ Friend. 
Poor Man’s Blood. Orchis mascula^ L. — Kent (Maidstone). Science 
Gossip, 1881, p. 211. 
Poor Man’s Geranium. Saxifraga sarmentosa^ L. — Dev. 
Poor Robin. Lychnis diurna, Sibth. Dev. Friend. 
Poplar, Black, add Som. {P. tremula, L. and P. fastigiata, Ait.). 
Poppers. Digitalis purpurea, L. — Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
Poppy. (1) add Glou., where it is always pronounced Popy. 
(4) add Dev. ; Dors. 
Poppy dock, or Puppy dock. Digital Is purpurea, L. — Yks. ( Almond- 
bur y). E. D. S. Gloss. 
Pounce. ‘ Long meadow-grass.’ Orkneys. Jamieson. 
Poverty. Polemonium cceruleum, L. — Ciimh. ‘The well-known 
Poverty of the cottager’s garden.’ Trans. Cumb. Assoc, pt. vii. 142 
(1883). 
Poverty weed, add (2) This is likely to be Spergula arvensis, L., 
which is so called in Yks. (Cleveland). 
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