SOP 
curoides perenne, fruftu longiffimo. Tourn. Cor. 27. 
Eaftern , ■perennial , Foxtail Ervum , with a long fruit. 
2. Sophora ( 'Tomentofa ) foliis pinnatis, foliolis numero- 
fxs fubrotundis. Lin. Sp. 373. Sophora . with winged 
leaves , compofed of many roundifo lobes. Coronilia Zey- 
lanica, tora argentea. Burm. Zeyl. Jointed podded Co- 
lutea of Ceylon , T/ cwr filvery. 
3. Sophora ( Tindloria ) foliis ternatis fubfefiilibus, folio- 
lis fubrotundis glabris. Lin. Sp. Plant. 373. Sophora 
with trifoliate leaves fitting almoft clofe to the fialks, whofe 
lobes are roundifij and fmooth. Cytifus Americanus pro- 
cumbens, flore luteo, ramofiffimus, qui anil fupped i- 
tat. T railing American Cytifus with a yellow flower and 
very branching , ofzvhich Indigo is made. 
The firft fort grows naturally in the Levant; this 
hath a perennial creeping root, from which arife fe- 
veral erefl ftalks from three to four feet high, gar- 
nifned with winged leaves, compofed of a great num- 
ber of oblong hairy lobes ranged by pairs along the 
midrib, terminated by an odd one. The flowers 
come out from the wings of the {talk in long fpikes, 
which (land erect clofe to the ftalk ; they are of a pale 
blue colour, and fm all. Thefe appear in July, but 
are rarely fucceeded by pods in England. 
It propagates fait enough by its creeping root, in 
the fame mariner as Liquorice, when the plant is 
once obtained, and is very hardy, fo fhould be plant- 
ed in lbme corner of the garden, at a diftance from 
other plants, becaufe the roots of this plant will 
fpread, mix with thofe of the neighbouring plants, 
and foon overbear them. It will thrive in almoft 
any foil or fituation, for I have frequently feen the 
roots fpread into the middle of gravel walks, and fend 
up ftalks. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in the ifland of Cey- 
lon, at Senegal in Africa, and alfo in the Weft- 
Indies, but particularly in Jamaica, where the inha- 
bitants call it Sea-fide Pigeon Pea : this riles with a 
downy ftalk to the height of fix or feven feet, garnifh- 
ed with winged leaves compofed of five or fix pair of 
roundifh woolly lobes, terminated by an odd one. 
The flowers come out in fhort loofe fpikes from the 
wings of the ftalks ; they are large and yellow, not 
much unlike thofe of Spanifh Broom, but have no 
fcent ; thefe are fucceeded by taper woolly pods five or 
fix inches long, having four or five large fwellings, in 
each of which is contained one roundifh brown feed 
as large as Peas. 
This plant is tender, fo will not thrive in England 
out of a Have ; it is propagated by feeds which may 
be eafily procured from the Weft-Indies, for the plants 
do not perfefl them in England ; thefe fhould be fown 
in pots, and plunged into a good hot-bed, where, if 
the feeds are good, the plants will appear in a month 
or fix weeks. When thefe are fit to remove, they 
fhould be each tranfplanted into a feparate pot filled 
with foft loamy earth, and plunged again into a hot- 
bed of tanners bark, obferving to fnade them from 
the fun till they have taken new root ; after which 
they rnuft be treated in the fame way as other tender 
plants from the fame countries, always keeping them 
in the bark-bed in the ftove, and in the winter they 
fhould have but little water. 
The third fort grows naturally in Virginia and Phila- 
delphia, from both thefe places I have received the 
feeds ; from this plant there was formerly a coarfe 
fort of Indigo made in America, as there was from 
fome other plants, before the true Indigo plants were 
introduced there.: this hath a perennial root, from 
which arife feveral ftalks about afoot and a half hio-h, 
fending out from the bottom a great number of fmall 
branches, garnifhed with leaves compofed of three 
oval fmooth lobes joined together at the foot-ftalk like 
other trifoliate leaves ; they fit clofe to the branches. 
The flowers come out toward the end of the branches 
in fnort fpikes ; they are of the butterfly kind, yellow, 
and appear in July •, they are often fucceeded by fhort 
fwelling pods, which in very warm feafons come to 
maturity in England. The ftalks of this decay to the 
root in autumn. 
8 O R 
This is pfopagated by feeds, which fhould be fown 
on a warm border in the beginning of April. The 
belt way is to fow them in fh allow drills for the more 
conveniently keeping the plants clean, for they muff 
not be removed till their ftalks decay in autumn, when 
they fhould be carefully taken up, and planted in a 
warm border where they are defigned to remain, for 
they do not bear tranfplanting well. 
S O R B U S. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 63 3. Lin. Gen. Plant. 
548. [fo called of forbere, Lat. to fup, becaufe the 
fruit, being ripe, is fo foft, that it may be Tupped.] 
The Service-tree ; in French, S or bier . 
The Characters are, 
The flower has a fpreading , concave , permanent empale- 
ment of one leaf indented in five parts ; it has five round- 
ifh concave petals which are infer ted in the empalement , 
and about twenty awi-fhaped ftamina , which are alfo in- 
ferted in the empalement , terminated by ronndiflo fummits . 
The ger men is fituated under the flower , fupporting three 
fender flyles crowned by eredi headed ftigmas ; it afterward 
becomes a foft umbilical ed fruit, inclofing three or four ob- 
long cartilaginous feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third fedtion of 
Linnaeus’s twelfth clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have from eleven ta twenty ftamina in- 
lerted in the empalement, and three ftyles. 
The Species are, 
1. Sorbus ( Aucuparia ) foliis pinnatis, utrinque glabris. 
Hall. Helv. 2 50. Service-tree with zvinged leaves which 
are fmooth on both fides. Sorbus fylveftris, foliis do- 
meftkae fimilis. C. B. P. 415. Wild Service with leaves 
like the cultivated , commonly called Quicken, Quickbeam , 
Mountain Afh , and in the north, Roan-tree. 
2. Sorbus ( Domeflica ) foliis pinnatis, fubtus tomentofis. 
Hall. Elelv. 351. Service-tree with winged leaves which 
are woolly on their under fide. Sorbus fativa. C. B. P. 
451. The cultivated Service. 
The firft fort grows naturally in many parts of Eng- 
land, but in the fouthern counties they are feldom 
feen of any great magnitude, for the trees are com- 
monly cut down, and reduced to underwood; but in 
the Nprth of England and Wales, where they are 
permitted to grow, there are trees of very large fize.. 
The ft'ems of this are covered with a fmooth gray bark, 
the branches while young have a purplifh brown bark, 
the leaves are winged ; they are compofed af eight or 
nine pair of long narrow lobes, terminated by an odd 
one ; the lobes are about two inches long, and half 
an inch broad toward their bafe, ending in acute 
points, and are fharply fawed on their edges ; the 
leaves on the young trees in the fpring are hoary on 
their under fide, which about Midfummer goes off, 
and thofe upon the older branches have very little at 
any feafon. The flowers are produced in large bunches 
almoft in form of umbels, at the end of the branches ; 
they are compofed of five fpreading concave petals 
fhaped like thofe of the Pear-tree, but fmaller ; thefe 
appear in May, and are fucceeded by roundifh berries, 
growing in large bunches, which have a depreffed 
navel on the top, and turn red in autumn when they 
ripen. 
This tree is cultivated in the nurfery- gardens, and 
fold as a flowering flirub; but, if they were permitted 
to grow, they would rife to a great height, and have 
large ftems. The leaves of this tree make a pretty 
variety when they are mixed with others during the 
time of their flowering, and alfo in autumn. When 
their fruit is ripe they make a pretty appearance, but 
the blackbirds and thrufhes are fo fond of this fruit, 
as to devour it as foon as it ripens ; fo that in thofe 
places where there is a plenty of thefe birds, there will 
not be any of the fruit left to be perfectly ripe; how- 
ever, as it is good for thefe fong Iters, where people 
have a defire of drawing a number of thefe birds about 
their habitations, they fhould plant a quantity of thefe 
trees for that purpofe. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in the. warmer parts 
of Europe, where it rifes to a great height, and be- 
comes a large tree, but in England there are few of 
any large fize. In the fouth of France., and in Italy, 
the 
