(C.japonica), van Houtte Catalogue, 1858; Verschaffelt 1858, Nouvelle Iconographie,

Book VI, pl.II. Found in a group of seedlings obtained by the late Mr Mathot of Ghent. Its

blossoms of the largest size, are composed of very numerous, ample petals of equal size,

ovate and almost pointed, of a snow white colouring and imbricated. This formal double

camellia, about 10 cm across, is white with a rare pink fleck, vigorous, upright growth and

large, light green leaves, smooth, leathery with obscure serrations. Note: This cultivar and its

sports bear no relationship with Mathotiana, Grand Sultan or Julia Drayton. Sports:

Mathotiana Rosea, Mathotiana Rosea Variegated, Souvenir de Bahuaud-Litou.

Synonyms: ‘Blood of Christ’, ‘Inconstant Beauty’. Orthographic errors: ‘Matholiana Alba’,

‘Mattutiana Alba’, ‘Mathottiana Alba’, ‘Mathoniana Alba’, ‘Mothotiana Alba’, ‘Mattothiana

Alba’, ‘Mathatiana Alba’, ‘Mathistiana Alba’. See colour pl.XXXV, Urquhart, 1960, The

Camellia, vol.II. For black and white photos see p.231, Hertrich, 1955, Camellias in the

Huntington Gardens, vol.II and Sharp, 1958, Camellias Illustrated, p.160.

Mathotiana Alba Pink. Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.5. Synonym for Souvenir de Bahuaud-Litou.

Mathotiana Alba Pink Beauty. Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.5. Synonym for Mathotiana Rosea.

Mathotiana Blotched. Glen St Mary Nursery Catalogue, 1948-1949. Synonym for Mathotiana Rosea Variegated.

Mathotiana Fimbriata. SCCS., 1956, The Camellia. Its Culture and Nomenclature, p.66. Synonym for Flowerwood.

Mathotiana Pink Beauty. Hazlewood & Jessep, 1972, Checklist - Camellia Cultivars from Nursery

Catalogues, p.154. Synonym for Mathotiana Rosea.

Mathotiana Purple King. Stonehurst Nurseries Catalogue, 3, before 1954. Synonym for Julia Drayton.

Mathotiana Red. Treseder’s Nurseries (Truro) Ltd Camellia List, 1962-1963, p.3. Synonym for Grand Sultan.

Mathotiana Rosa. da Silva & Filhos Nursery Catalogue No.99, 1964-1965, p.26. Orthographic error for Mathotiana Rosea.