Herb. Also bartram. [a. Ger. bertram, berchtram, corruption of L. pyrethrum, Gr. πύρεθρον, f. πῦρ fire.] Obsolete name of the Anacyclus Pyrethrum, or Pellitory of Spain.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, 342. Of bastard Pelitory or Bartram … In French Pyrethre, or Pied d’Alexandre: in high Douch Bertram.
1640. Parkinson, Theat. Bot., 858. Bertram is Pellitory of Spaine.
1783. Ainsworth, Lat. Dict. (Morell), Bartram, pyrethrum.
1863. Prior, Plant-n., 20. Bertram, a corruption of L. pyrethrum.
