FIG. 361. HEAD OF CANNABIS SATIVA.
CANNON-BALL TREE. A common name for Couroupita guianensis (which see).
CANSCORA (from Kansgan-Cora, the Malabar name of C. perfoliata, as yet unintroduced). SYN. Pladera. Including Phyllocyclus. ORD. Gentianeæ. Small, erect, simple or branched, stove or greenhouse annuals. Flowers stalked or sub-sessile. Leaves opposite, sessile or amplexicaul. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a four-cleft, unequal limb; the two outer segments equal, two lower ones combined a greater distance. Stems tetragonal. C. Parishii requires similar treatment to [Balsam,] and grows best in a soil to which chalk or limestone débris is added.
C. Parishii (Parish's). fl. white. l. opposite, perfectly connate, so that the united two apparently form an exactly orbicular leaf. h. 2ft. Moulmein, 1864. Greenhouse. (B. M. 5429.)
CANTERBURY BELLS. See [Campanula Medium.]
CANTHARELLUS CIBARIUS. See Chantarelle.
CANTHIUM. A synonym of Plectronia.
CANTUA (from Cantu, the Peruvian name of one of the species). SYN. Periphragmos. ORD. Polemoniaceæ. Very pretty erect, branched greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Flowers in corymbs, at the termination of the branches, rarely solitary and axillary. Leaves entire or almost pinnatifid, alternate, petiolate, elliptic, acuminated, or cuneate-oblong, glabrous, or downy on both surfaces when young. They are of easy culture in a compost of turfy loam, leaf-mould, and sand, if good drainage is allowed. Propagated by cuttings, placed in sand, under a hand glass. In the western parts of England, these plants—particularly C. buxifolia—thrive remarkably well in sheltered situations.