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generosa . . . ceras, ‘the noble kind that mocks new wax,’ yellow plums, which were more highly esteemed than purple, the cerea pruna of Virg. Ecl.II. 53.Cf. 457 n.
Charles Simmons. Metamorphoseon XIII. xiv. The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books XIII. and XIV. Edited, with introduction, analysis, and notes by Charles Simmons. New York. Macmillan. 1899.
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