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J/inns, g^apinn^, opening-. 

 Jlirsufus, hairy, bristly. 

 J/ispidus, covered with strong hair. 



Imhricattis, tiled, laying; over one 

 another like the tiles of a house. 



Imperforatus, uiipierced, having no 

 holes. 



Iiicarnnttis, flesh-coloured. 



Iiicisus, notched. 



Iiicrassatus, made thick. 



Iticiimbens, lying down or upon. 



Incurvatus, curved inwards. 



I/idistinctus, indistinct, confused. 



Indivisus, undivided, uncloven. 



Incequalis, unequal. 



Inaqidlateralis, unequal-sided, ap- 

 plied to a shell having one side of 

 the beak not equally curved with 

 the other. 



Jnasquhdhia, unequally valved, ap- 

 plied to shells having one valve 

 flatter than the other. 



Jnermis, unarmed, weak. 



Infer us, inferior, lower, 



Inflatus, swoln. 



Infle.rus, bent inwards. 



Infundibiiliformis, funnel-shaped. 



Insert us, thrust in. 



Integer, entire, whole, not cut or hol- 

 lowed. 



Intcgerrlmus, very entire. 



Iiilerjectits, placed between. 



Interlextus, interwoven. 



Intestinum, the inward part. 



Inlroj-siis, within. 



Intrusus, thrust in. 



Intus, within. 



Invkem, in turns. 



Invofutus, with the outer lip rolled 

 inwards. 



Luln-ttus, having lips. 



Labium, or Labrum, the lip, or the 

 margin of the aperture. 



Ladninlus, jagged. 



Zy«c?/«o.sw,v, pitted with hollowgrooves. 



Laciistris, belonging to a lake. 



Lcexis, smooth. 



L(evigatus, made smooth, as if w.Tshed. 



I^cBviusrnlus, smoothish. 



Lamellatus, with thin plates. 



LanutiLs^ cobwebbed, woolly. 



Ijonceolatus, spear-shaped. 



hattrraUs, belonging to a side. 



Laliludo, breadth. 



Latus, broad. 



Tjdtus, a side. 



I^egumen, a pod resembling that ot a 

 pea. 



Lenticularis, like a lentil. 



Lentifnrmis, lentil-shaped. 



Limbus, a border. 



Linen, a coloured line. 



Linearis, strap-shaped. 



Lineatus, marked with coloured line*;. 



Linguaformis, tongue-shaped. 



Litt-eratus, with marks like letters. 



Lividus, pale. 



Lobatus, divided into lobes. 



Longior, longer. 



Lotigitudinalis, lengthwise from the 

 base to the apex in univalves, or ra- 

 diating from the beak to the margin 

 in bivalves. 



Lucidus, bright. 



Lunalus, crescent-shaped. 



Lunuhe, little jnoons. 



