(C.japonica), Cachet Catalogue, 1840-1841, p.1 as “pink”. van Houtte Catalogue, 1841,

7:2: Large size, dark red, clustered centre, streaked white. Anonymous, 1841, Gardeners’

Chronicle, No description. Berlèse, 1845, Monographie, ed.3, p.246: Flower, more than 10

cm across, full, rose form, pale orange red with a tint of carmine. Outer petals ovate, broad,

entire, thick, separated and irregularly imbricated. Centre petals elongated and slender,

somewhat twisted, but arranged like the outer petals and forming a wide, filled out, irregular

corolla with some stmens showing. Originated by Casoretti, Italy. Orthographic errors:

‘Beltina Major’, ‘Bellini Major’, ‘Belina Major’.