chemonastic 



Chlamydia 



vature due to chemical stimuli ; 

 Chemosyn'thesis {avvdea-is, composi- 

 tion), the composition of carbo- 

 hydrates by chemical forces (Mac- 

 dougal); Chemotax'is {rd^is, order), 

 the attraction of bacteria, anther- 

 ozoids, etc., by certain sulastances; 

 sometimes spelled Chemiotax'is ; 

 adj. chemotact'ic ; neg'ative Chemo- 

 tax'is, repulsion instead of attrac- 

 tion, = Apochemotaxis; Chemot'- 

 ropism {rpoir^, a turning), the 

 condition of Chemotaxis (Miyoshi); 

 Chemozo'ophobe {C<^ov, an animal ; 

 <p6fieoi}, I fear), a plant which defends 

 itself against insect- or animal- 

 attack by tannin, raphides, etc. ; 

 adj. chemozooph'obous. 



Chera'dad {x^pados, silt, + ad), a wet 

 .sandbar plant ; Cheradi'um, a sand- 

 bar fomiation ; cheradopli'ilus 

 {<pi\4oo, 1 love), dwelling on sand- 

 bars; Cheradoph'ytae ((pi;T^i/,a plant), 

 sandbar plants (Clements). 



chermesi'nus(Lat.,dyed with Chermes), 

 crimson. 



Cher'sad (x^pf^os, dry land 4- ad), a 

 plant of a dry waste ; Chersi'um, 

 a dry waste formation ; chersoph'- 

 ilous {(piXeu), I love), dwelling in dry 

 wastes ; Cher'sophytes {(purdv, a 

 plant), dry waste plants (Clements). 



CMla'rium {x^i\dpioi', a lip), the bound- 

 ary of a small pit in the testa of 

 Phaseolus, of two movable valves, 

 which by hygi'ometric movements 

 cause the rupture of the testa ; chi'- 

 lary Lay'er, the investment of the 

 seed which contains the chilarium. 



chi'lding, proliferous. 



CMmae'ra (Lat. , a monster), the product 

 from a bud with mechanical coales- 

 cence of two jjarent- forms (Winkler) ; 

 pericli'nal '~, = Graft-hybrid, as 

 Cytisus Adami (Keeble and Arm- 

 strong). 



Chimio'sis (xeu/ua, that poured; ^ueicuo-is, 

 reduction), the alteration in time of 

 action of digestive fluid in a carni- 

 vorous plant (Massart). 



CMmiot'ropism = Chemotropism. 



Chim'ney, applied to protrusion of epi- 

 dermal cells round the guard-cells of 



a stoma, producing a long respiratory 

 cavity. 



chimonocMo'rous {x^ljxwv, winter ; 

 X^op^s, pale green), applied to 

 plants whose thin herbaceous leaves 

 persist through the winter (F. 

 Ludwig) ; chimonoph'ilous {(p'lXew, I 

 love), the chief development taking 

 place in the winter season (F. 

 Ludwig) ; chimopelag'ic {ireXayos, 

 the sea), Forel's term for plankton 

 found on the surface only in winter. 



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

 Quinine ; (2) the bark of Cinchona, 

 supplying valuable febrifuges and 

 tonics. 



Chi'na-grass, the fibre from Boehm- 

 eria nivca, Gaudich. ; it was for- 

 merly confounded with Ramie ; cf. 

 Kew Bulletin, 1898, p. 209. 



Chinin' = Quinine. 



Chio'nad (x'w". snow + ad), a snow- 

 plant ; Chioni'nm a snoAv-plant for- 

 mation (Clements) ; chionoph'ilous 

 {<pix4(t3, I love), F. Ludwig's term 

 for the winter-leaves of Hellehorvs 

 foetidus, Linn. ; chionoph''obous 

 {(p6&os, fear, dismay), the same 

 aiithor's word for the summer-leaves 

 of the same plant ; Chio'nophobe, a 

 plant shunning snow ; Chionophy'ta 

 {(pvThv, a plant), snow-plants ; Chi- 

 onophyti'um, a snow-plant associa- 

 tion (Clements). 



Chi'ronym (x^lp, hand ; 6vofj.a, a name), 

 a manuscript name ; Chi'rotype 

 (tuttos, a type), the specimen on 

 Avhich a manuscript name is based. 



Chiropteroph'ilae (Chiropteron = bat, 

 <bL\4u3, I love), plants which are ferti- 

 lized by bats ; adj. cliiropteroph'ilous. 



CM'tin (x'Twv, coat of mnil), 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. 



Chive, (1) an old word for Anther ; 

 (2) sometimes confined to the Fila- 

 ment ; (3) an offset of a bulbous 

 plant. 



Chlamyd'ia, (1) bud-scales; (2) floral 

 envelopes. 



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