(C.japonica), Makoy Nursery Catalogue, 1838: No description. Berlèse, Iconographie,

p. facing pl.157: Produced from seed by Young of Epsom, England. The flower is

double, anemone form, deep red with a touch of purple, sometimes completely red, sometimes

with blotches of white. The petals of the circumference are round-oval, notched, mostly

imbricated with the edges soemtimes white. Those at the centre are erect in fascicles, average,

intermingled, rounded, emarginate and forming a large, central, upright and elevated sphere.

Frère Noisette, Nantes Nursery Catalogue, 1857, p.35: Bright cherry-red, variegated with

white, anemone form. Synonyms: ‘Formosa Youngii’, ‘Formosa di Young’,

‘Formosa’(Young’s).

Formosa di Young. Del Lungo & Girardi, 1928, Le Camelie, p.116. Orthographic variant for Formosa

de Young.