Hijirimen

Kaempfer, 1712, Amoenitatum Exoticarum as ‘Fidsjir­imin’: See Kyōto Engei Kurabu, 1989, Tsubaki, No.28, p.10. Itō, Ihei, 1719, Kōeki Chikinshō, as ‘Hijirimen-tsubaki’; Itō, Jukyū, 1739, Honzō Hanamaki’e; Yashiro, 1841, Kokon Yōrankō, vol.306; Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki as one of 7 trees. Note: Kasuya lists two different Hijirimen. For the 2nd see below. Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.194, p.98, description, p.147 as ‘Hi-jirimen’: Leaves rather large, broadly elliptic to broadly oblong, acuminate at the apex, coarsely crenate at the margin, folded along the midrib at its base; peti­ole glabrous. Flowers double, cup-shaped. The colour of the flower is brilliant red or vermilion. Stamen cluster cylindrical or a little irregular. Flowers mid-season to late. See Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.156; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.315; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, pp.126, 241. Different reading ‘Hichirimen’. Synonym: ‘Hijirimen-tsubaki’. Originated in Kantō, Japan. Resembles Hiiro-oki-no-ishi.

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