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Cantua (from Cantu, Peruvian name). Polemoniaceae. Showy flowering shrubs, with variable foliage, in greenhouses, and out-of-doors far South.{{SCH}}
Flowers corymbose; calyx campanulate, of 5 (rarely 3) sepals, which are much shorter than the long tubular corolla; stamens inserted at the base of the corolla, but exceeding it in length{{SCH}}.-Six species in S. Amer. One kind is recommended in Eu. as a coolhouse shrub. No tenderer than fuchsias. Prop. by cuttings in sand under a bell-jar.{{SCH}}
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