(Seagull), (C.japonica), Yashiro, 1841, Kokon Yôrankô, vol.311; Kasuya, Kamegorô, 1859,

Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki; Itô, Ko’emon, 1879, Chinkashû: Snow-white, double, large

size. Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.58, p.104: White. Large, hose-in-hose

semi-double with long, channelled petals. Slow, upright growth. Stamen column, narrow,

white filaments, pale yellow anthers. Leaves, long elliptic to lanceolate, shiny green, apex,

reflexed acuminate, side folded under, serrations shallow and coarse. Originated in Kantô,

Japan. This was one of the three birds with “Yobukodori” and “Inaoidori”, from ancient

times. For colour illustrations see: Satô, 1975, Chûbu no Tsubaki, p.82. Andoh, 1971,

Tsubaki, Meika no Shôkai to Saibai, pl.125, p.42. Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I,

1972, pl.239, p.114. Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias, p.105. Seibundô

Shinkôsha, 1979, Senchinshû, p.147. Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.296.

Synonyms: ‘Magnoliiflora Alba’, ‘Snowdrift’, ‘Magnoliaeflora Bianca’,

‘Yobukodori-Kansai’. Orthographic errors: ‘Myako Dori’, ‘Mijako Dori’, ‘Miyaka Dori’.

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