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 A GLOSaART OF DKVONSHIRE PLANT NAlfES. 45 PeVkbt. By metathefiis for Privet. So people oommonly say PizT-BTOOLy Maraamius oreades^ Fries. A Toad-stooL (Trans. Deoon, Assoc, yii. p. 520 ; Prior, p. 186. See Pibkib, above.) Plant, Planted, PlaKtin, Plantago lancedata^ L. Vulgar cor- ruptions of Plantain. PoBON BBBBIB8. Fruit of various plants, xmaHj of a bright colour, such as — (1) Arum maculatumf L. Qf» Addbb's hbat. S2) Tamus eommuniSf L. Li some places the juice is expressed . applied to chilblains in winter. (3) Iris fcBtidissimOy L. " Them very perty, sir ; but them piBun," said an old man to me last winter. The same name is used in Sussex. (See Pkoish's Sussex Dictionary,) PooB Jan's Leaf, Sempermtmm teetoruniy L. I solicited infor- mation respecting this plant in Western Antiquary, L p. 80, and on p. 137 was &voured with a reply from K Capem, Esq., who said that a lady, a native of Ashford, North Devon, informed him that she had often heard the House-leek called " Poor Jan's Leaf." The people have gieat faith in the healing properties of the plant, whence its peculiar designation. PooB Man's Gebanium, Saxifraga sarmentosa, L. I hardly think this is a common Devonshire name, Aaron's Beard or Boving Sailor being more general names for the plant in this county. I give it here because I have heard it in Devonshire, but not, so far as I remember, from natives. PooB EoBiN, Lychnis diuma, Sibth. (dioica, L.) The Hev. J. Pulliblank, in some valuable notes with which he has fitvouied me, remarks that the Crimson (or Red) Campion is almost invariably called "Poor Robin." This remark applies only to a particular district, however, and is used more frequently by the older inhabi- tants than by the younger folk. (See Robin, &c) POPPT, (1) Digitalis purpurea, L. On account of the popping noise made when filled with wind and violently burst upon tiie hand — a favourite pastime among young people. Britten (p. 153) gives ** Pop-dock " as a Cornish name of the plant : ^^Dock, from its large coarse leaves ; pop, from the habit of children to inflate and burst the flower." {Cf. Cowplop, Cowslip, Flapdock, &c) (2) PapaveTBhoeas,lu,&Q, The usual name. (See Hobn Poppt.) Pot-habb. " Go about ritting in zome cole-plants and pot-harhs,*^ — Devon, Courtship, p. 58. Pbimbosbn. The regular plural form in use among old people, and generally among people of all ages some years ago. (Q^. Rosen, Slonb.) We have the same ending in Os^, Shoen, Hosen, &c. For a note on the etymology of the word, compare Prior (p. 190) with PUmt Lore of Shakespeare, s.v. Pbince's Fbatheb, (1) Amaranthiis hypochondHacuSf L. " From its resemblance to that of the Prince of Wales." — Prior, p. 192.
 * strawxny " for " atormy/' " oripee " for " ciiBp," &c.