characinus 



Chlorophyll 



Oscillaria, etc. ; it smells like Chara, 

 hence the name. 



characi'nus J Chara-like, composed 

 of a single, or a few parallel 

 tubes. 



Char'acter(Lat., a mark), the technical 

 difference whereby allied forms are 

 distinguished, as ordinal, generic, 

 specific, and so on. 



charta'ceous, -ceus (charta, paper + 

 aceous), papery. 



Chasmog'amy (xd<T/j.a, a gaping fissure ; 

 ya.fj.o3, marriage), the opening of the 

 perianth at the time of flowering, 

 as opposed to cleistogamic ; adj. 

 chasmogam'ic. 



Check, an experiment or observation 

 for confirmation, frequently the 

 word " Control " is used for this. 



Che'mo-Aesthe'sia (chem + aiffOrja-is, 

 perception by sense), term employed 

 by Czapek to express the capacity 

 of a plant-organ to respond to 

 chemical stimuli ; Chemol'ysis (Aucrts, 

 a loosing), chemical solution or 

 analysis ; Chemotax'is (ra'^s, order), 

 the attraction of bacteria, anthero- 

 zoids, etc., by certain substances ; 

 sometimes spelled chemiotax'is ; adj. 

 chemotact'ic; neg'ative Chemotax'is, 

 repulsion instead of attraction. 



chermesi'nus (Lat. dyed with Cher- 

 mes), crimson. 



Cheiloma'niafoe'Xo?, l\p;/j.avia, frenzy), 

 Morren's term for the doubling of 

 the lip in Orchids, as in Orchis 

 Morio, Linn. 



Chila'rium (xetXtfpto!/, a lip), the bound- 

 ary of a small pit in the testa of 

 Phaseohis, of two moveable valves, 

 which, by hygrometric movements 

 cause the rupture of the testa ; chi'- 

 lary Lay^er, the investment of the 

 seed which contains the chilarium. 



chi'lding, proliferous. 

 Chi'na (Ital.), (1) a synonym for QUI- 

 NINE ; (2) the bark of Cinchona, sup- 

 plying valuable febrifuges and 

 tonics. 



Chinin' = QUININE. 



chionoph'ilous (x^v, snow ; (f>i\eu, I 

 love), F. Ludwig's term for the 

 winter-leaves of Helleborus foeti- 



dus, Linn.; chionoph'obous (06/?os, 

 fear, dismay), the same author's 

 word for the summer-leaves of the 

 same plant. 



Chi'tin (XLTWV, coat of mail), a sub- 

 stance allied to horn, which forms 

 the protective covering of many 

 insects such as beetles, identified 

 as being of the same composition 

 as Fungus-cellulose. 



Chlamydogonid'ium (xXa/ui)s-, xXaAwSos, 

 a cloak; 70^77, race, offspring), uni- 

 cellular gemmae of certain Fungi, 

 which are relatively large and thick- 

 walled, and adapted for a period 

 of quiescence before vegetating ; 

 Chlam'ydospore, a spore having a 

 very thick membrane. 



Chloram'ylite (xAwpos, grass ^ green, 

 a/jLv\ov, fine flour), Belzung's term 

 for chlorophyll granules derived 

 from the transformation of starch ; 

 Chlor'anthy (avtfos, a flower), the 

 change of all or most parts of the 

 flower into leaf-like organs, frond- 

 escence ; chloras'cens, green, in- 

 clining to yellow ; Chlorench'yma 

 (iyxyfJ-a., an infusion), assimilating 

 tissues ; Chlor'in, used by Kraus to 

 denote the green constituent of 

 chlorophyll ; chlori'nus, yellowish 

 green ; Chlor'is, used as the title of 

 a work on the plants of a district, 

 analogous to Flora ; chloroch'rous 

 (xpo'a, complexion), having a green 

 skin; Chlorofu' cine (<f>vKos,fucus, sea- 

 weed ) ,a chlorophyll of a clear yellow- 

 ish-green colour (Sorby) ; chloro- 

 phae'us($cu6s, dun coloured), yellow- 

 green as the colouring matter of 

 Algae ; Chlorogonid'ium (70^77, off- 

 spring), the green gonidia of Lichens, 

 as distinguished from the chrysogo- 

 nidia; chlorogon'imus (76^0?, fruit- 

 ful), applied to the gonidial layer 

 in Lichens ; Chloroleuc'ite (Xewos, 

 pale), Van Tieghem's term for chlo- 

 rophyll granule, by Belzung re- 

 stricted to those which are formed 

 from protoplasm, albuminous ; syn. 

 Chloroplastid (A. Schimper), Auto- 

 plast (A. Meyer) ; Chlor'ophyll 

 (tf>v\\ot>, leaf), the green colour- 



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