[680]. Ῥόδον παρειαῖς φυτεύει, αὐθωρὸν ἀνθοῦν, καὶ θᾶττον ἀπανθοῦν κατὰ τὸ Λοκρὸν. Poll. v. 102. This fugitive species of rose is alluded to by Lycophron, in his Cassandra, 1429:
Λοκρὸν δ᾽ ὁποῖα παῦρον ἀνθήσας ῥόδον.
See the note of Meursius, t. iii. p. 1347. ed. C. G. Müller; and Jungermann ad Poll. t. iv. p. 1010.
[681]. To this Lucillius alludes in the Anthology:
Οὔποτε φῦκος
Καὶ ψίμυθος τεύξει τὴν Ἑκάβην Ἑλένην.
Anthol. Græc. xi. 408.
[682]. Poll. v. 101.
[683]. Cf. Theoph. Hist. Plant. vii. 8. 3.
[684]. Poll. v. 101. vii. 95.