Streaming 
Strychnin 
Stream‘ing, the flow of protoplasm, 
as in Myxogastres. 
streptocar’pus (oremros, twisted, 
xaprds, fruit), when fruit is 
marked by spiral stripes. 
Stri‘ae, pl. (stria, a furrow), markings 
on the valves of Diatoms which 
present the appearance of lines; 
striate, 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 aes 
straight and stiff hairs or bristles ; 
hispid. 
Stri‘olae, pl. (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 (aTpoBtdos, a cone, + aceus), 
relating to or resembling a cone ; 
Strob’ile, Strob’ilus (orpéBir0s, a fir- 
cone), (1) an inflorescence largely 
made up of imbricated scales, as 
the Hop or Fir-cone ; (2) ¢f. sTROBI- 
LOID ; strobiliferous, -rus (fero, I 
bear), cone-bearing; strobili’nus, 
cone-like; strobil‘iform, strobili- 
jform'is (forma, shape), cone- 
shaped ; strob’iloid (eléos, 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). 
Stroma (crpwua, a mattress), a 
cushion-like body, on or in which 
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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 (strombus, a 
spira} shell, fero, I bear), strom- 
b’uliform, 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 Strophanthus hispidus, DC. 
Stroph’es, pl. (otpopy, a turning), 
any spirals shown in phyllotaxy. 
Stroph’iole, Stroph’iola (strophiolum, 
a small chaplet), an appendage to 
the hilum of some seeds, caruncle ; 
stroph'iolate, possessing such ap- 
pendages. 
Stroph‘ism (orpod7, a turning), a 
tendency to twist in response to 
some external stimulus (Czapek) ; 
Strophogen’esis (yéveots, beginning), 
differentiation of a single original 
generation into the phases regarded 
as alternation of generations (Stras- 
burger); Strophoma’nia (da, 
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, ba Histology of 
plants. 
Stru’ma (Lat., a scrofulous tumour), 
a wen or cushion-like swelling on 
an organ; strumiferous (j/ero, I 
bear), having a strumous or goitre- 
like swelling ; stru’miform, strwmi- 
JSorm'is (forma, shape), with the 
appearance of a wen ; stru’mulose, 
strumulo'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, 
