(C.japonica), van Houtte, 1846-1847, Catalogue, 27:19. No description: Burdin
Maggiore & Co., 1849-1850, Catalogue General: Pure white, regularly imbricated.
Verschaffelt, 1856, Iconographie, Book VII, pl.III: Blossoms above average, formed of oval
petals, pure white, tinged with yellow at the centre and regularly imbricated. It is of Italian
origin and recommended by Count Lechi of Brescia. Orthographic variants: ‘Antoinette Bisi’,
‘Antoinette Bisi’. Chinese synonym ‘Bisi’.