(C.japonica), Loddige’s Catalogue, 1836, p.25: No description. Berlèse, 1840, Monographie,

ed.2, p.131: Melle. Lemaire-Mertens, Collection de cent espèces….Camellia, 1845, pl.20;

Berlèse, Iconographie, 1841, pl.86; Leaves 8 cm x 6 cm, rounded, acuminate, prominent

venation well serrated, dark green; buds large, obtuse, with green scales; flower 8-9 cm

across, full, cherry-red, sometimes with white marks; petals of the circumference, 1-2 rows,

oblong, twisted, rose coloured, becoming deeper to the centre, sometimes scallopped,

changing at the centre to a small, compact, upright, close packed cluster of spherical form,

about 5 cm in diameter with some stamens, similar to ‘Waratah Alba’. Orthographic errors:

‘Lafevreana’, ‘Lefebvriana’, ‘Lefeveriana’, ‘Lefevreana’, ‘Lefebvreana’, ‘Lefebryana’,

‘Lefebriana’, ‘Lefebriana Grandiflora’, ‘Levefreana’, ‘Lefevriani’, ‘Lefebyriana’.

Abbreviation: ‘Lefévre’. Originated in Ghent, Belgium, by Lefévre about 1835.