152 THE ELEMENTS 



description, are species of the same 



genus. 

 Gibbous, bulged or bulging. 

 Glabrous, smooth, of a smooth surface, 



opposed to hairy, downy, &c. 

 Globose, globular. 

 Granulated, beaded, in small grains 



or beads. 

 Groove, a hollow channel. 



H. 

 Hemispheric, in the shape of a half 



globe. 

 Hersute, rough, beset with strong 



hairs. 

 Heteroclitical, synonymous with he- 



terostrophe. 

 Heterostrophe, reversed, applied to 



shells whose spires turn in a con- 

 trary direction to the usual way. 

 Hisped, beset with rather stiff bristles. 

 Hollow, like a straw. 



I. 

 Jagged, denticulated, uneven, toothed 



like a saw. 



