Beninagashi

Watanabe, 1960, Kyōto Engei Kurabu, Tsubaki Tokushū, p.51, No.1. No description. Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.334, p.340; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.135, colour photo, p.246, description: Semi-double form of white with occasional red streak, 11-13 cm across, petals wide and wavy. Stamen clus­ter sometimes broken by one or two small, erect petals; filaments white. Mid-season blooming. Leaves, dark green, large, elliptic to broad-ellipic; apex long acuminate; base obtuse, twisted. Plant growth habit, rather weak and spreading. Original tree in Tōdaiji Kaizandō, Nara City, Kansai District, Japan.

  講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.340.　保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著　ｐ.217.　　白地にわずかに薄紅の線入り、大輪、半八重、弁広く波打つ、並咲き。「樹性」立性、垂れ性。