CANTUA

(Lat.), n. f. Kan(ka3n)'tu(tu4)-as. Of Ju ieu, a genus of polemoniaceous plants, comprising several South American species. Certain North American species that have been included under it are referred by Gray to Collomia and Gilia. [B, 42, 121,215.] C. coccinea [Poiret],C. hoitzia [Willdenow]. Syn.: Hoitzia coccinea [Cavanilles] (seu mexican a [Lamarck]). A Mexican species, used as a topical application for fluxions of the face. [B, 121, 173.] C. pinnatifid a [Lamarck], C. tliyrsoidea [Ju ieu]. The Gilia coronopifolia. [B, 215.] CANTUELLO (It.), CAN TUE SO (Sp.), [s. 65]