Chloroplast 



Chromatology 



plast'id {irXaards, moulded), the 

 plastids or granules of protoplasm 

 which are of a green colour ; Chloro- 

 plast'in, Schwarz's term for a proteid 

 constituting the ground substance of 

 the chlorophyll granule ; Chlororu'fin 

 {rufus, reddish), a reduced chloro- 

 phyll, the red pigment of Chloro- 

 phyceae, so named by Rostafinski ; 

 Chloro'sis, a disease, shown by loss 

 of cfriour ; chlorospenn'ous {(nrepfxa, 

 a seed), belonging to those Algae 

 having green spores ; chlorofic, 

 chlorot'icHS, greenish in colour : 

 Chilorovaporiza'tion {vaporatio^ a 

 reeking), a function analogous to 

 transpiration, but proceeding only 

 from the chloroleucites under certain 

 lights (Van Tieghem). 



Chomap'ophyte (xw/^ct. accumulation ; 

 airh, form ; <pvTov, a plant), ruderal 

 plants (Simmons) ; Cho'mophjrte, a 

 plant growing on ledges or in 

 fissures (Ottli). 



Chon'driokonts, pi., (x^vdpos, grain ; 

 Kovrhs, a pole) = Mitochondria, or 

 Chromidia ; Chon'driom, the entire 

 number of chondriosomes in a cell ; 

 Chon'driomes, pi., a collective term 

 for Chondriosomes; Chon'driomites 

 (liiTos, a web), also Chon'driosomes 

 {(rwjxa, a body), the same as Chon'- 

 driokonts ; chon'droid (eI5os, 

 resemblance) applied to a Lichen 

 medulla with the hyphae forming 

 a solid axis ; Chon'drome, granular 

 masses in the fluid cell-contents 

 (Schneider) ; cf. Linome. 



Chord'a (Lat., a cord) pistilla'ris, the 

 line of tissue between the stigma 

 and the cavity of the ovary ; chor- 

 da'ceous % ( -f aceous), having the 

 figure of a rope. 



chordorrhi'zal {xop^^, catgut; pi(a, a 

 root), where the rootstock produces 

 numerous flowering-stems one be- 

 fore the other from its sides (Syme), 

 as in Carex chordorrhiza, Linn. f. 



-chore {x^P^^f I spread abroad), a 

 combining term to denote agent of 

 migration (Clements). 



Chor'ion ( x<^p»oi', a caul), (1) Mal- 

 pighi's term for the pulpy matter 



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which fills the young ovule, and is 

 absorbed during development ; (2) 

 J a carpel ; Choriona'rius, X = 

 Etaerio. 



Choripet'alae(xa'piy, separate; ireraKov, 

 a flower-leaf), (1) proposed by 

 Bessey for Polypetalae ; (2) by 

 W. R. M'Nab for Polypetalae and 

 Incompletae ; choripet'alous, -us 

 {ireraXov, a flower leaf), having 

 petals separate, polypetalous ; chori- 

 phelloid {(peWhs, cork bark), ap- 

 plied to the separated suberized cells 

 and lenticels (Klebahn); choriphyl'- 

 \ovis{(pv\\ov, a leaf), having separate 

 leaves, used of the floral members ; 

 chorisep'alous, -us (+ Sepal), with 

 .«!eparate sepals, polysepalous ; Cho'- 

 risis, the separation of a leaf or 

 phylloid nrvember into more than one, 

 dedoublement, doubling; coUat'eral 

 ~, when the plane of separation 

 is antero-posterior ; par'allel -", 

 the plane of separation lateral ; 

 chorisolepid'eus + (AtTrlr, \e-iriSos, a 

 scale), when the scales of the in- 

 volucre of Composites are distinct 

 from each other ; cho'ristate, un- 

 lined(Lindley); c/. Chorisis; chori- 

 stophyl'lous, -Its {<pvX\ov, a leaf), 

 separate leaved ; Choriza'tion = 

 Chorisis. 



Chortonom'ia X ix'^P'^os, green herbage ; 

 vSfxos, law). "The art of making 

 an herbarium." 



Chre'sard (xp^trts, use), the available 

 water of the soil, the physiological 

 water-content (Clements). 



cliromat'ic (xp^^ua, colour), relating to 

 colour ; ~ Sphere, the coalescence 

 of the chromosomes after anaphasis ; 

 the nuclear membrane is formed 

 round it {H. M. Davis); -- Thread, 

 the filiform body in nuclear division, 

 which breaks up into Chromosomes ; 

 Chromatid'ium, J the colouring- 

 matter of plants ; Chro'matin 

 (Flemming), that portion of the 

 nucleus which readily takes arti- 

 ficial staining, termed Nuclein by 

 Strasburger ; chromatln'ic, relating 

 to Chromatin ; Chromatorogy 

 {\6yos, discourse), used by Sorby to 



