(C.japonica), van Houtte Catalogue, 1839, 1:6: This camellia is a final souvenir from

Thompson of Mile End Nursery, bright scarlet ... grenadine red, stamens very numerous.

Originated in England. Orthographic errors: ‘Mile End’, ‘Mill Ende’, ‘Milendi’..

Milendi. Verschaffelt Catalogue, 1846, p.56. Orthographic error for Mile-Endi.