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harrtn JUamtnts. They feeiti, frotti the JricJ IpeL-imcns, to 

 be ranged nlternately with the real (lamcns. 



2. G. dlaammuks, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 2. 929. Phik. 

 Amal. 10. t. 556. f. 6. — " Leaves round, hairy. Stem 

 ihrubby, proftrate. Leaflets of the calyx lanceolate." — 

 Native of India. It feems doubtful whether G. dichim- 

 tw'ulcs be not merely a variety of htoidej ; but as Willdenow 

 iVill keeps them feparate, on the authority of a dried fpe- 

 cimcn, we have retained the fpecies. 



3. G. fitjorus. Willd. Sp. PI. V. 2. 929. Vahl. Symh. 

 3.64. — " Leaves cbovate, plaited. Stem ihrubby. I^eaf- 

 Icts of the calyx ovate." — Native of inundated woods in 

 Arabia Fehx during the rainy feafon. The v.hcle plant is 

 hoary, from very thick hairs, which are longer than in 

 G. lotoidcs This fpecies was fir!l defcribed by Vahl, from 

 Forn<al's fpecimen which we have examined. The pubef- 

 cence is beautifully Ikllated and very denle. 



Glinu.s, in Ichthyolo;yy, a name by which Bellonius and 

 fome other authors have called a fmall fea-filh, more com- 

 monly known by the name of the dracunculus. 



GLIS. In the common acceptation of the word, this 

 only fignifies the dormoufe : but Linnaeus has ufed gUrcs 

 in a larger fenfe : and, in his Syftem of Zoology, makes 

 it the name of the fourth order of the mammalia clafs of 

 animals. The charafters of the creatures of this clafs are, 

 that they have only tv,-o fore -teeth in each jaw ; they have 

 no clentes caiiini, or dog-teeth; and the feet have toes, and 

 arc formed for leaping when they run. The animals of this 

 clafs are the feveral fpecies of the HvJInx, Cavia, Ciijlor, 

 Mils, j4rdomys, Sc-iiinis, Myoxiis, D'tpiis, I.cpiis, and Hyrax ; 

 which fee reipeftively. 



Gli.«, a name given to feveral fpcei-.'S of ATyoxus ; of 

 D'Mphis ; of Mus ; and of Ardomys ; which fee refpeci- 

 ively. 



Glis Volans. See Ve.'^pf.rtilo Spiiftr.a. 

 GLISCHROMICTHES, in Natural Bllcry, ihe mme 

 of a genus of compound earths. The word !s derived from 

 ■j>.i7x;r,., touch, and p.i;c5rij, tiiixi-<l. The bodies of this genus 

 are loams compofcd of fand and a n-.ore v.'eid clay, and 

 are of a tough and firm texture. 



The earths o.' this genus are ufed in making bricks, 

 aud on fome other occaiions ; and are of feveral dillinct 

 fpecies. 



GLISSA, in Ichthyology, the name of a fea-fi{li of the 

 tunny kind, but of a perfectly fm-octh fkin, and wholly free 

 from fcales. It ufually grows to the length of two cubits, 

 and the thickncfs of a man's body : it is of a very round 

 body, and has very rough jaws, hut no diCiinct teeth ; its 

 tail 13 forked, but not fo arched or Imiated as that of the 

 tunny ; it lives in deep water, and is a hlh of very delicate 

 'taite. Geiner. De Pifc. p. 1158. 



GLISSON, Fr.vxcls, in Biography, was born at 

 Rampilham, in Dorfetihirc, in the year 1597, and educated 

 at Caius college, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow, 

 and in 1627 v.-as incorporated MA. in Oxford. He then 

 applied himfeifto the (tudyof phylic, in wliich faculty he 

 took his degree of doftor at Cambridge, and in that univcrfity 

 was made regius profelTor of phyfic, which office he held 

 aboui" 40 years. He fettled in London for the praftice of 

 his profeSion, and was admitted a fellow of th.e College of 

 Phyficlans in 1635. la 1639 he was chofen reader ot ana- 

 tomy in the college, and in that department acquired great 

 reputation by his ledtures " De Morbis Partium," which 

 he was particularly requeued by his colleagues to make 

 public. During tlie civil wars he retired to Colchelter, 

 where he practifed with great credit in tliofe times of confu- 

 f^oiij and was in the town at its memorable fiege by the par- 



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liamcntary forces in 1648. He was one of that fmaU, but 

 illuftrious fociety, who inltituted a weekly meeting in Lon- 

 don about the year 1645, for the purpofe of promoting 

 inquiries into natural and experimental philofophy, which, 

 after havinj>- removed to Oxford during tiie troubles, was 

 augmented in London after the reiloration, and became 

 ultiniatclv the Royal Society. He was afterwards feveral 

 years preiident of the College of Phyficians, and died in 1677, 

 in the parilh of St. Bride's, London, aged So. Gliffon left 

 the following works: i. " Ti-a6tatus de Rachitide, feu 

 morbo puerili Rickets difto," firft publifhed in 1650 ; it 

 went tlu'ough feveral editions abroad, and two tranllations 

 into Englidi the year after its publication, by Philip Armin, 

 and Nicholas Culpepper. 2. "Anatome Hepatis, &c." 

 London, 1654; afterwards reprinted at Amfterdam and the 

 Hague. This work contains a much more cxatl defcription 

 of the liver than had before appeared. The capfule of the 

 vena portarum was fuppofed to be firll dlfeovered by him, and 

 lias ever iince borne liis name ; but Walfcus and Pecquet had 

 fcen it a fliort time before, and he has only the merit of 

 having firll examined and defcribed it with accuracy. Dr. 

 Gliffon's largeft work is a metaphyfical piece, •v'rz, 

 3. " Traclatus de Natura Subftantia- tnergetica, feu de 

 Vita Nature, ejufque tribus primis Facukatibus," Lond. 

 1672, in 4to., a profoimd and laborious performance, in the 

 very depths of the Arillotelic philofophy, with all its nu- 

 merous diviHons, and an extraordinary effort of the under- 

 ilanding in a man of an advanced age. — 4. His latl 

 publication, " Traifatus de Ventriculo et Inteflinis, cui 

 prremittilur alius de partibus continentibus in gcnere, 

 et in fpccie, de iis Abdominis," Lond. 1676, 4to., Amfl. 

 1677, i2mo, contains every thing at that time known 

 concerning the alimentary canal, arranged in a clear manner, 

 witli various new oblervations. In a word, Gliflon was ex- 

 ceeded in judgment and accuracy by none of that group of 

 Engliih anatomills, who followed the fteps of Harvey with 

 great ardour and iuccefs ; infomuch that Boerhaave terms 

 him " omnium anatomicorum exattiliiniMS,'' and Haller 

 fpeaks in praife of all his writings. Aikin Biog. Mem. of 

 Med. E!oy. Did. Hill. 



GLISTER. See Clystku. 



GLITNESS, in Geographv, one of tl;e fmallcr Shetland 

 i/lands, on the E. coall of Shetland; 11 miles N. of Ler- 

 wick. N. lat. 60' 22'. W. long. I- 16'. 

 , GLIUBEN, a town of European Turkey, in Dalma- 

 tia; 18 miles S.E. of Mollar. 



GLIZADE, in Fencing, is an operation perform.ed by 

 dextroufly making your blade flip along that of your adver- 

 fary by a movement of the wrill, and a quick forward ex- 

 tenlion of the arm, witliout deviating from the line of direc- 

 tion. This is a iimple, and at the fame time a maflerly 

 movem.ent in fencing. 



C-LOBBA, in Botany, a Malay name adopted by Rum- ' 

 phius and Linnaeus, under which, however, lliey have in- 

 ci.:ded a very heterogeneous alfemblage of fpecies. AVe fliall 

 fpeak only of fuch as agree in generic cliarafter «ith the 

 o.'iginrd one, fcen and defcribed by Linnreus, and preferved 

 in his herbarium. Linn. Mant. 2. 143. Schreb. 25. Willd.. 

 Sp. PI. V. I. 153. Mart. Mill. Diet. v. 2. Rofcoe in Tr.df 

 I..ii>n. Soc. V. 8. 355. t. 20. f. 13. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 

 V. I. 9. Juii. 63. Lamarck Di<5l. v. 2. 729. — Clafs and order, 

 Monaiidria Mcnogyma. Nat. Ord. Siilaminee, Linn. Cannt, 

 JufT. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth fuperior, of one leaf, tubular, 

 permanent ; its border three-lobed. Cor. of one petal ; tube- 

 l-);'.g, C)lindrical, flender; outer limb in three, nearly equal, 

 ovate, fpreading lobcc; inner of yvo fimilar lobes, and a 



central, 



