characmus 



(Jhiorophyii 



Oacillaria, etc. ; it smells like Chara, 

 hence the name. 



c&araci'nus $ 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'ainy (xcio-Ata, a gaping fissure ; 

 7t/ios, 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 + afoOriffis, 

 perception by sense), term employed 

 by Czapek to express the capacity 

 of a plant-organ to respond to 

 chemical stimuli ; Chemol'ysis (XuVts, 

 a loosing), chemical solution or 

 analysis ; Chemotax'is (rais, order), 

 the attraction of bacteria, anthero- 

 zoids, etc., by certain substances; 

 sometimes spelled chemiotax'is ; adj. 

 cnemotact'ic; neg'ative Chemotax'is, 

 repulsion instead of attraction. 



chermesi'nus (Lat. dyed with Cher- 

 mes), crimson. 



Cheiloma'nia(xXo5, lipj/uu'ta, frenzy), 

 Morren's term for the doubling of 

 the lip in Orchids, as in Orchis 

 Morio, Linn. 



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

 ary of a small pit in the testa of 

 Phaseolus, of two moveable valves, 

 which, by hygrometric movements 

 cause the rupture of the testa ; chi'- 

 lary La/er, the investment of the 

 seed which contains the chilarium. 



chi'lding, proliferous. 



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

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

 plying valuable febrifuges and 

 tonics. 



Chinin' = Qu ININB. 



chionoph'ilous (x^, snow ; 0iXew, I 

 love), F. Lud wig's term for the 

 winter-leaves of Hdleborus foeti- 



dus, Linn.; cnionopli'obous (06/3os, 

 fear, dismay), the same author's 

 word for the summer-leaves of the 

 same plant. 



CM'tin (XIT&V, 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/tfc, xXa/<w5os, 

 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 (xXo>/>6s, grass green, 

 d/iuXov, fine flour), Belzung's term 

 for chlorophyll granules derived 

 from the transformation of starch ; 

 Chlor'anthy (&vdos, a flower), the 

 change of all or most parts of the 

 flower into leaf-like organs, frond- 

 escence ; cnloras'cens, green, in- 

 clining to yellow ; Chlorench'yma 

 (yxyi j ' a > an infusion), assimilating 

 tissues ; CMor'in, used by Kraus to 

 denote the green constituent of 

 chlorophyll ; chlori'nus, yellowish 

 green; CMor'is, used as the title of 

 a work on the plants of a district, 

 analogous to Flora ; cfcloroch'rous 

 (xpo'ct, complexion), having a green 

 skin; Chlorofu'cine(0C/fo$,/wctts, sea- 

 weed) , a chlorophyll of a clear yellow- 

 ish-green colour (Sorby) ; chloro- 

 phae'us(0<ud$, dun coloured), yellow- 

 green as the colouring matter of 

 Algae ; CMorogonidlum (701/7?, off- 

 spring), the green gonidia of Lichens, 

 as distinguished from the chrysogo- 

 nidia; chlorogon'imus (ybvwos, fruit- 

 ful), applied to the gonidial layer 

 in Lichens ; Chloroleuc'ite (Xev/cds, 

 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'opliyll 

 leaf), the green colour- 



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