(C.japonica), Cels, Paris Nursery Catalogue, 1838, p.30; Tagliabue, 1840, Nomenclatore

Camelliae. No description. Berlèse, 1840, Monographie, ed.2, pp. 132, 229 as ‘Malibrani’:

Leaves 5 cm wide x 9 cm long, long-lanceolate, prominent venation, finely serrulate, deep

green; bud obtuse, scales blackish at base, whitish at apex; flower is 13.5 cm across, double,

cherry-red, sometimes a little darker, petals numerous, wide and very long, poorly imbricated,

deeply notched, glazed; those at the centre, small, about 3 or 4 short, irregular with some

stamens. There exists another Camellia of this name which is the same as Sacco’s

Superbissima. Orthographic errors: ‘Malibrani’, ‘Malibrand’, ‘Malibraniae’. For illustration

see pl.198, Berlèse, 1843, Iconographie. Malibrand. Medici Spada, 1857, Catalogo nel Giardino a Villa

Quiete, p.12. Orthographic error for Malibran. Malibrani. Berlèse,1840, Monographie ed.2, pp.132, 229.

Orthographic error for Malibran. Malibraniae. Berlèse, 1843, Iconographie, p. facing

pl.198. Orthographic error for Malibran. Malien. Gao, Jiyin, 1998, The World's Best

Camellia Cultivars, p.119. Chinese synonym for

Marion Edwards.