Note 1797 — BOOK XV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES.
John Bostock translation
“Lanata;” perhaps rather the “downy” fruit; a variety of quince, Fée thinks. Pliny probably had never seen this fruit, in his opinion, and only speaks after Virgil, Ecl. ii. l. 51. “Ipse ego cana legam tenera lanugine mala.”