Note (12) — BOOK VI.
James Greive translation
12. The teda is a tree very like the pine, abounding with resin. Pliny says, that all the trees, that afford resin, by an excess of fat are changed into the teda. Hence teda is often used for a torch in Latin authors. Vid. Plin. Nat. Hist. lib. xvi. c. 10. & lib. xvii. c. 24.