Okinasarasa (Kasuya)

Kasuya, Kamegorō,1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki: White with red spots and streaks in various forms, semi-double with 3 rows of petals, large size. central cylinder of stamens. See: ICS., 1969, Tsubaki, No.7. p.24. Uekiya, Seigorō, 1874, Tsubaki, Hyakuro no Zu, vol.I; Itō, Ko’emon, 1879. Chinkashū: White streaked red, incomplete double, large, irregular, open peony form. Late flowering. Leaves elliptic, curved outwards, clear venation. Originated in Kantō, Japan. Different reading: ‘Okina-zarasa’. Corruption of name: ‘Okinasasesa’. See: Tuyama, 1966. Camellia Cultivars of Japan, p.356 as ‘Okona-zarasa’; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, p.364; ibid., vol.II, 1978, pl.407, p.164; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, pp.27, 204. Resembles Kikusarasa.

文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. p.82. 関東產. [花]白地またはごく淡い紅地に濃淡さまざまの縦絞りや小絞りが密に入る、八重、大輪、5月。[葉]中型の倒卵形、鋸歯は細密　[樹]立性、弱い　[来歴]「椿伊呂波名寄色附」に記載がある。　文/横山