CHLORANTHY. 273 
Chloranthy—The term phyllomorphy is applied to the 
individual parts of the flower which assume the form 
and appearance of leaves. By chloranthy it is to be 
understood that all, or the great majority of the organs 
of the flower assume these conditions.’ In chloranthy, 
as here defined, there is no unusual number of buds, 
as there is in prolification, but the appearance of 
the flower-bud is so changed as to make it resemble 
more closely a leaf-bud than a flower-bud. There is 
not necessarily any increase in the number, or any 
alteration in the position of the buds, but the form 
and appearance of the latter differ from what is usual. 



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Fic. 149.—Leafy petal of Epi- Fie. 150.—Chloranthy, &e. Epi- 
lobiwm. lobiwm hirsutum. 
Chloranthy, then, is a more complete form of frondes- 
cence. Owing to the vagueness with which the word 
has been applied by various authors, it becomes very 
difficult to ascertain whether the recorded instances of 
chloranthy were really illustrations of what is here meant 
by that term, or whether they were cases of mere 
virescence (green colour, without other perceptible 
change), or of prolification (formation of adventitious 
buds).. It is, therefore, quite possible that some of 
1 The calyx is not unfrequently excepted. 
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