characinus 
Chlorophyll 
Oscillaria, etc. ; it smells like Chara, 
hence the name. 
characi‘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’amy (ydoua, a gaping fissure ; 
duos, 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 + alc@yots, 
perception by sense), term employed 
by Czapek to express the capacity 
of a plant-organ to respond to 
chemical stimuli ; Chemol'ysis (Avors, 
a loosing), chemical solution or 
analysis ; Chemotax’is (rdéis, order), 
the attraction of bacteria, anthero- 
zoids, etc., by certain substances ; 
sometimesspelled chemiotax’is ; adj. 
chemotact’ic; neg’ative Chemotax’is, 
repulsion instead of attraction. 
chermesi‘nus (Lat. dyed with Cher- 
mes), crimson. 
Cheiloma‘nia (xe?Xos, lip; wavta, frenzy), 
Morren’s term for the doubling of 
the lip in Orchids, as in Orchis 
Morio, Linn. 
Chila’rium (xeAdpiov, 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 Lay’er, the investment of the 
seed which contains the chilarium. 
chi'lding, proliferous, 
Chi’na (Ital.), (1) a synonym for Qut1- 
NINE ; (2) the bark of Cinchona, sup- 
plying valuable febrifuges and 
tonics. 
Chinin’ = QUININE. 
chionoph’ilous (xidv, snow; giréw, I 
love), F. Ludwig’s term for the 
winter-leaves of Helleborus foeti- 
50 
dus, Linn.; chionoph’obous (¢éBos, 
fear, dismay), the same author's 
word for the summer-leaves of the 
same plant. 
Chi’tin (xirdv, coat of mail), 4 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 (xAapds, xAauvOos, 
a cloak; ov}, 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 (x\wpds, grass green, 
&uvdov, fine flour), Belzung’s term 
for chlorophyll granules derived 
from the transformation of starch ; 
Chior’anthy (d&v@os, a flower), the 
change of all or most parts of the 
flower into leaf-like organs, frond- 
escence ; chloras’cens, green, in- 
clining to yellow; Chlorench’yma 
(éyxvua, an infusion), assimilating 
tissues; Chlor’in, used by Kraus to 
denote the green constituent of 
chlorophyll ; chlori’nus, yellowish 
green; Chlor’is, used as the title of 
a work on the plants of a district, 
analogous to Flora ; chloroch’rous 
(xp¢a, complexion), having a green 
skin; Chlorofu’cine(@idxos, fucus, sea- 
weed),achlorophyllof aclearyellow- 
ish-green colour (Sorby); chloro- 
phae’us (dards, dun coloured), yellow- 
green as the colouring matter of 
Algae ; Chlorogonid’ium (yor), off- 
spring), the green gonidia of Lichens, 
as distinguished from the chrysogo- 
nidia; chlorogon’imus (yéviyos, fruit- 
ful), applied to the gonidial layer 
in Lichens; Chloroleuc’ite (Aeuxds, 
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’ophyll 
(p¥AAov, leaf), the green colour- 
