Streaming 



Strychnin 



Streaming, the flow of protoplasm, 

 as in Myxogastres. 



streptocar'pus (o-reTrrds, twisted, 

 KapTrbs, fruit), when fruit is 

 marked by spiral stripes. 



Stri'ae, pi. (stria, a furrow), markings 

 on the valves of Diatoms which 

 present the appearance of lines ; 

 stri'ate, stria' tus, marked with fine 

 longitudinal parallel lines, as 

 grooves or ridges ; Stria'tion, of 

 cell-wall, markings believed to be 

 due to the manner of formation in 

 bands by the protoplasm. 



strict, stric' 'tus (Lat. , drawn together), 

 close or narrow and upright, very 

 straight. 



Strig'a (Lat., a swathe), "a small 

 straight hair-like scale " (Henslow). 



strig'illose (strigilis, a currycomb), = 

 STRIGOSE (Henslow) ; stri'gose, 

 strigo'sus (Lat., lank, meagre), 

 beset with sharp-pointed appressed 

 straight and stiff hairs or bristles ; 

 hispid. 



Stri'olae, pi. (stria, a groove), lines of 

 minute pustules on the outer sur- 

 face of cells of Sphagnum (Spruce) ; 

 stri'olate, finely striate. 



strike, to emit roots, as from a 

 cutting. 



String, any fibre or strand (Crozier). 



striped, marked with longitudinal 

 stripes of colour. 



Strob'il = STROBILE ; strobila'ceous, 

 -ceus (ffTp6f3i\os, a cone, + aceus), 

 relating to or resembling a cone ; 

 Strob'ile, Strob'ilus (o-rpo/SiXos, a fir- 

 cone), (1) an inflorescence largely 

 made up of imbricated scales, as 

 the Hop or Fir-cone ; (2) cf. STROBI- 

 LOID ; strobilif erous, -rus (fe.ro, I 

 bear), cone-bearing ; strobili'nus, 

 cone-like ; strobil'iform, strobUi- 

 form'is (forma, shape), cone- 

 shaped ; strob'iloid (elSos, resemb- 

 lance), cone-like ; ~ The'ory, the 

 assumed origin of Pteridophytes, 

 in those forms whose sporophytes 

 are the most primitive, as Lycopo- 

 dium and Equisetum (Bower). 



Stro'ma (ffrpw^a, a mattress), a 

 cushion-like body, on or in which 



the perithecia are immersed, a com- 

 pound fungus - body ; stro'matoid 

 (eldos, resemblance), having the 

 nature or seeming of a stroma ; 

 stro'matous, producing stroma 

 (Crozier). 



strombuliferous, -rus (stromlms, a 

 spiral shell, fero, I bear), strom- 

 b'ulifonn, strombuliform'is (forma, 

 shape), when the fruit is spirally 

 twisted ; Strom'bus, a spirally 

 coiled legume, as in Medicago ; 

 strom'bus-shaped, like a snail-shell. 



Strophan'thine, a poisonous alkaloid 

 from Sfrophanthus hispidu*, DC. 



Stroph'es, pi. (arpocpri, a turning), 

 any spirals shown in phyllotaxy. 



Stroph'iole, Stroph'iola (str&phiolum, 

 a small chaplet), an appendage to 

 the hilum of some seeds, caruncle ; 

 stroph'iolate, possessing such ap- 

 pendages. 



Stroph/ism (crrpo^, a turning), a 

 tendency to twist in response to 

 some external stimulus (Czapek) ; 

 Strophogen'esis(7eVecr<s, beginning), 

 differentiation of a single original 

 generation into the phases regarded 

 as alternation of generations (Stras- 

 burger) ; Strophoma'nia (fj.dvia, 

 madness), special torsion, as in the 

 stems of certain monstrosities. 



Struc'ture, Structu'ra (Lat., fitting 

 together), the peculiar organization 

 of plants, with special modifica- 

 tions ; adj. struc'tural ; ~ Bot'any, 

 includes Organography, Morpho- 

 logy, Anatomy, and Histology of 

 plants. 



Stru'ma (Lat., a scrofulous tumour), 

 a wen or cushion-like swelling on 

 an organ ; strumif 'erous (fero, I 

 bear), having a strumous or goitre- 

 like swelling ; stru'miforin, strumi- 

 form'is (forma, shape), with the 

 appearance of a wen ; Btru'mulose, 

 strumido'sus, somewhat strumous, 

 or having a small struma ; stru'- 

 mose, strumo'sus, stru'mous, as 

 though scrofulous. 



Strych'nia, Strych'nin, a powerfully 

 poisonous alkaloid from Strychnos 

 Nux-vomica, Linn. 



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