Tamatebako

Itō, Ihei, 1719, Kōeki Chikinshō, vol.I; Itō, Jukyū, 1739, Honzō Hanamakie, vol.15; Iwasaki, 1829, Honzō Zufu; Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Iro­hanayose Irotsuki, described as synonym for ‘Karamatsu’; Yashiro, 1841, Kokon Yōrankō, vols.306, 311. Cited from Honzō Kōmoku Keimō and described as synonym for ‘Hōjucha’ & ‘Tamashima’, (Yamato Honzō, 1708). Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.53, p.27, description, p.101: White, rose form double with centre bud formation, petals round. Leaves broadly ellip­tic, or ovate-elliptic, a little undulate, thinly acuminate at apex, mid to deep green, margins ser­rulate. For colour photos & descriptions see: Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.82; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.253, pp.118, 328; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, pp.90, 224. Originated in Kantō, Japan. Synonyms: ‘Tamashima-tsubaki’, ‘Hōjucha’, ‘Tamashima’, ‘Karamatsu’, ‘Paochu’. Resembles Chūbu-tametebako and ‘Hōju’ (Hoshū). See: JCS., 1983, Tsubaki, No.22, p.134; ibid, 1981, No.20, p.120; 1969, No.7, pp.26, 36.

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