(Cup-leafed Camellia), (C.japonica), Kasuya, Kamegorô, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki; Itô,

Ko’emon, 1879, Chinkashû: Small, single. Castilian Red. Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan,

pl.152, description, p.133: Leaves thick, ovoid, rounded at base; apex acuminate, upper

surface strongly concave and flat, impressed venation. Flowers single, widely cup-shaped, red

(Rose Opal 022-022/1), petals rounded at apex, wavy surface. Stamen tube with sterile

anthers. Late flowering. Originated in Kantô area, Japan. See colour pls.: Encyclopedia of

Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.442, description, p.358; Seibundô Shinkôsha, 1979,

Senchinshû, p.61, description, p.216 as ‘Sakazukiba-tsubaki’. Different reading:

‘Sakadzuki-ba’. Synonyms: ‘Sakazukiba-tsubaki’, ‘Sakazuki-tsubaki’.

Sakazukiba-tsubaki. Satomi, 1956, Camellias Varieties in Japan, p.11. Synonym for Sakazukiba.

Sakazuki-tsubaki. Saitama Botanic Gardens Catalogue, 1960. Synonym for Sakazukiba.

Saki No Yume. W.C. Slowcock Ltd Nursery Catalogue, 1960, p.59. Corruption of the Japanese name Seki-no-yume.

Sakigake. American Camellia Yearbook, 1950. p.34 as supplied to McIlhenny by Chûgai Camellia

Nursery Co, 1934-1935. (Charging Ahead). Synonym for Hakumyôrenji.

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