[2583]. Dioscor. ii. 185. Bontius, In Ind. Archiat. de Medicin. Indor. p. 16. “The shrub which bears this spice is very pleasant to behold, of a light green colour, with white flowers tipped with purple, red at the extremities.” Nieuhoff, p. 266.
[2584]. Dioscor. iii. 25.
[2585]. Id. i. 128. Plin. Nat. Hist. xii. 37.
[2586]. Id. iv. 160.
[2587]. Id. i. 91.
[2588]. Id. i. 16.
[2589]. Id. ii. 71.
[2590]. Travels, p. 228.
[2591]. Cf. Gosselin, Recherches sur la Géographie des Anciens, t. iii. p. 104, sqq. Plin. Nat. Hist. xii. 21. On the pearl fisheries of this island, see vi. 33. See in Bochart a long and learned inquiry respecting the name, situation, and ancient history of Tylos, Geographia Sacra, pt. ii. 1. i. c. xlv. p. 766, seq.
[2592]. Theoph. Hist. Plant. v. 4. 7.