A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Pannus,-i (s.m.II), abl. sg. panno: a piece of cloth, rag; worn or tattered clothes, rags; “used to describe a kind of lichen; a small or scanty article of clothing; [in pl.] worn or tattered [torn, worn out, ragged] clothes, rags” (Glare); see felt (cloth);
- pannus (s.m.II) byssinus (adj.A): a cotton cloth or rag.

- pannus linteus (adj.A), a linen cloth or rag.

- marcor,-oris (s.m.III) panni, abl. sg. marcore panni, a rotten rag.

- folia subpeltata, integra 1. emarginata, glabra 1. tomentosa (panni instar)(Swartz), leaves nearly peltate, entire or [vel] emarginate, glabrous or [vel] tomentose (like a rag [i.e. piece of cloth]).

- [Agaricum esculentum; fungus] rusticae mulieres non solum hoc Agaricum coquunt ad esum, sed etiam ad Pannos lineos colore sordide luteo tingendos (Mich.), farm-women not only cook this Agaricum for food, but also for dying linen garments with a dirty yellow color.

- Muscus hic crustaceus lichenis modo se in petris diffundit, colore obscure purpureo aut cinereo. Hunc rustici cultello aliove instrumento ferreo a petris deradunt, & in pulverem comminutum in massam humidam cogunt, & in doliis recondunt, quae pannis purpurascente colore tingendis inservit, qui quamvis facile eluitur nec diu durat, sufficit tamen pauperoribus pro vestimentis inficiendis (Ray), this ‘moss’ is crustaceous in the manner of a lichen spreading itself on rocks, with a dull purple or ash-gray color. This the [the farmers, peasants, rustics] with a small knife or other iron instrument scrape away from the rocks, and crushed into a powder they compress this together into a moist mass, and store it away in barrels, which serves for dyeing worn clothing with a purplish color, which, although easily washed away nor does it last for long, yet suffices for the poorer people for imparting a color to their clothing.