(C.japonica), Burnier e Grilli catalogo, 18(C.japonica), Burnier & Grilli Catalogue, 1846-1847: Flower very full double, well

imbricated with the form and colour of Incarnata; petals semi-transparent with stripes and

lines of rosy carmine. van Houtte Catalogue, 1845-1846, 23:3 lists this camellia as ‘Comtesse

Nencini’ but as it was originally released and named by Burnier and Grilli, Italy, according to

their catalogue, their orthography is considered as the valid one. Also Mercatelli, 1881 gives

Bibbiani - Ridolfi as the originators and it is thus an Italian cultivar. See also Verschaffelt,

1849, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book IX, pl.II for colour illustration. Synonyms: ‘Pecchioliana’,

‘Pecchioli’, ‘Puccini’, Jean Freppa’, ‘Rosa Alboeflora’, ‘Peltata’, ‘Pecchiolana’, ‘Rose

Albaflora’, ‘Rosalboeflora’, ‘Peccholana’. Orthographic variant: ‘Comtesse Nencini’.

Orthographic errors: ‘Contessa Nancini’, ‘Comtesse Nancino’, ‘Comtesse Nencine’,

‘Comtesse Nancini’, ‘Nencini’, ‘Comtesse de Nencini’, ‘Comtesse Mencuil’. A sport of

Giulia Gherardesca.