(C.japonica), Van Houtte Catalogue, 1839, 1:8 as ‘Saccoi’. No description. Berlèse, 1840,

Monographie, ed.2, pp.103, 227: Leaves 12.2 cm long x 6 cm wide, lanceolate, twisted, dark

green, prominent venation; buds large, elongated-oval, scales whitish green; flower 9.5 cm

across, soft, clear rose; petals broad, close, numerous, even, imbricated. The ground colour is

rose with a wash of pale rose on as much as half the petals. The centre of the flower is

composed of some unequal petals; colouring intense rose towards the circumference and a

wash of pale rose to the centre. Originated in Italy by Dr. Sacco, Milan about 1832.

Synonyms: ‘Luna’, ‘Rosea Nova Vera’, ‘Alcina’, ‘Normanni’, ‘Halfida’, ‘Alfida’, ‘Sacco

Prima’, ‘Sacco Superba’, ‘Sacco Magnifique’. Orthographic errors: ‘Sacai’, ‘Saccoy’,

‘Saccoi, ‘Jaco’, Jacco Prima’, ‘Saccoia’, ‘Saccoiana’. This variety has become inextricably

confused with Sacco Nova and Sacco Vera. SCCS., Camellia Nomenclature regards them as

synonymous with the description: ‘Rose pink to rose pink spotted white to deep red. Medium

formal double’. The spotted white form is a virus variegated form as variegation is not

mentioned in the early descriptions. However van Houtte Catalogue, 1858-1859, 72:6 gives

‘Augustina Superba’ (Augustiniana Superba) as the white blotched form of Sacco. For

further information see under ‘Saccoi’. Chinese synonym ‘Saku’.