CORTUSA

(Lat.), n. f. Kort-us'a3. Fr., cortuse. A genus of the Primulacece. [B, 19, 121 (a, 24).] C. Matthioli [Linnaeus]. A species found in central Europe and northern Asia; formerly in repute as an antispasmodic and pectoral. [B. 121, 173, 180 (a, 24).] CORTUSAL,, adj. Ko2rt-u2s'a2l. Lat., cortusnlis. Resembling or pertaining to the genus Cortusa. [a, 24.] C. alliance. Lat., nix us cortusalis. See CORTUSALES. [s. 421]