Chlamydospore 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Chronizoospore 



€HLAmY'DOSPORE, a kind of 

 thick-walled spore formed 

 asexually in Mucorini by free- 

 cell formation within the hy- 

 phse. The term is also applied 

 to certain thick-walled spores 

 in protophytes, and occasion- 

 ally elsewhere. 



■GHLO'RANTHY, the conversion 

 of the parts of a flower into 

 green leaves. 



-CHLOROLEU'CITE, see Chloro 



PLAST. 



€HLOROPHYL, see Chloro- 

 phyll. 



■GHLO'ROPHYLL, the green color- 

 ing matter of plants. 



<3HLO'ROPHYLL-B6D'Y, a proteid 

 body (plastid) in the cells of 

 plants containing the chloro- 

 phyll; chlorophyll -granule; 

 chlorophyll-corjfuscle ; chloro- 

 plast; autoplast; chloroleucite. 

 See Plastid and Chromato- 

 phore. 



CHLOROPHYLL - CdR'PUSCLE, 

 see Chlorophyll-body. 



CHLOROPHYLL-GRAIN, see 



Chlorophyll-body. 



CHLOROPHYLL GRAN'ULE, see 

 Chlorophyll-body. 



CHLO'ROPHYLL-VflS'ICLES, see 

 Pyrenoids. 



CHLO'ROPLAst, see Chloro- 

 phyll-body. 



-CHLORO'SlS, an abnormal ab- 

 sence or diminution of the 

 green coloring matter of 

 plants; albinism. Compare 

 Etiolation. 



CHORDA PlSTILLA'RlS, a fibro- 

 vascular bundle in the style. 

 (Obs.) 



-eHORlPET'ALOtJS, see Polypet- 



ALOUS. 



CHORlSJ&P'ALOUS, see Polysep- 



ALOUS. 



CHO'RisiS, the production of two 



or more organs in the position 

 of oue. It is considered in 

 most cases to be a branching 

 of very early origin. The con- 

 dition may be normal or ab- 

 normal. See Collateral 

 and Transverse Chorisis. 

 Compare Unlining. 



€HOR!STOPH'YLLOtJS, separate- 

 leaved. (Rare.) 



€HROMAT'IC, capable of being 

 colored by staining agents; 

 pertaining to color. 



CHROMATIN, that part of the 

 protoplasm of the cell, mainly 

 in the nucleus, which is read- 

 ily and deeply colored by stain- 

 ing agents. It forms the chief 

 portion of the granular fibrils 

 called "nuclein" or "nucleo- 

 plasm." 



€HROMAT'OPHORE, the proto- 

 plasmic body (plastid) in which 

 chlorophyll or other coloring 

 matter is produced ; color-gran- 

 ule; chromoplast; chromoleu- 

 cite. The term is also extended 

 by some to all plastids. See 

 Chlorophyll-body. 



€HROMLD'ItJM, a term some- 

 times applied to the gouidium 

 or algal host of lichens. 



€HROMOLEU'glTE, see Chro- 



MATOPHORE. 



€HRO'MOPlAST, see Chromato- 



PHORE. 



€HROMOPlAS'TlD, see Chro- 



MATOPHORE. 



CHROMOSOME, one of the seg- 

 ments of the nuclear filament 

 in karyokinesis. 



€HR6M'ULE, a term applied to 

 all coloring pigments found in 

 living plants. 



CHRON'JZOOSPORE, one of the 

 microzoogonidia produced in 

 vast numbers in Hydrodictyon 

 — so called, because they Vest 

 for several weeks or more be- 



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