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The Germen beneath. The Styles three, thread-form, and 
ereft. The Stigmas headed. 
The Seed-veJJel a berry, foft, globofe, and untbilicated. 
The Seeds three, fomewhat oblong, diftinft, and cartilaginous. 
The Species, with us , but one , viz. 
Sorb us americana. American Service Tree . 
This grows naturally upon the mountains towards 
Canada; riling to the height of about fifteen or eigh- 
teen feet, with an ereft Item dividing into feveral 
branches. The leaves are winged, compofed of 
eight or nine pair of lobes, terminated by an odd 
one; which are narrow and fawed on their edges® 
The flowers are produced at the extremity of the 
tranches in form of an umbel, and are fucceeded by 
sjoundilh berries of a red colour when ripe. 
S P I R M A. 
S P I R M A. 
Clafs 12. Orders Icofandria Pentagynia, 
T HE Empalement is of one leaf, half five- cleft, and plane 
at the bafe: the divifions acute; permanent. 
The Corolla of five petals, oblong-rounded, and inferted in the 
calyx. 
The Filaments above twenty, thread-form, {hotter than the co- 
rolla, and inferted in the calyx. The Anthem roundiih. 
The Germen five or more. The Styles as many, thread-form, 
and the length of the Stamina. The Stigmas headed. 
The Seed-veJJels capfules, oblong, fharp-pointed, comprelTed 
and two valved. 
The Seeds few, fharp-pointed and fmall. 
Obf, S. opulifolia has three Styles. 
