OSIER, see [Willow].

OXLIPS.

(1)Perdita.Bold Oxlips, and
The Crown Imperial.
Winter's Tale, act iv, sc. 4 (125).
(2)Oberon.I know a bank where the wild Thyme blows,
Where Oxlips and the nodding Violet grows.
Midsummer Night's Dream, act ii, sc. 1 (249).
(3) Oxlips in their cradles growing.
Two Noble Kinsmen, Intro. song.

The true Oxlip (Primula eliator) is so like both the Primrose and Cowslip that it has been by many supposed to be a hybrid between the two. Sir Joseph Hooker, however, considers it a true species. It is a handsome plant, but it is probably not the "bold Oxlip" of Shakespeare, or the plant which is such a favourite in cottage gardens. The true Oxlip (P. elatior of Jacquin) is an eastern counties' plant; while the common forms of the Oxlip are hybrids between the Cowslip and Primrose. (See [Cowslip] and [Primrose].)

PALM TREE.

(1)Rosalind.Look here what I found on a Palm tree.
As You Like It, act iii, sc. 2 (185).
(2)Hamlet.As love between them like the Palm might flourish.
Hamlet, act v, sc. 2 (40).
(3)Volumnia.And bear the Palm for having bravely shed
Thy wife and children's blood.
Coriolanus, act v, sc. 3 (117).
(4)Cassius.And bear the Palm alone.
Julius Cæsar, act i, sc. 2 (131).
(5)Painter.You shall see him a Palm in Athens again, andflourish with the highest.
Timon of Athens, act v, sc. 1 (12).
(6)The Vision.—Enter, solemnly tripping one after another, sixpersonages, clad in white robes, wearing on their headsgarlands of Bays, and golden vizards on their faces,branches of Bays or Palm in their hands.
Henry VIII, act iv, sc. 2.

To these passages may be added the following, in which the Palm tree is certainly alluded to though it is not mentioned by name—