Materia Medica and Therapeutics

Abstract

the shrubby plant, and calls the fruit of the large tree Choke cherry, whereas it should be Wild cherry or Black cherry. Hooker's description of the large tree, under the name of Cerasus Virginiana, corresponds with that given by Wood and Bache, in the United States Dispensatory, of the same tree, under the name of C. serotina D.C., with the synonyme C. Virginiana, of Michaux, and answers to specimens sent to Dr Maclagan from Canada by Dr Philip Maclagan ; whilst Hooker's description of the shrub under the name of C. serotina, answers also to specimens sent from the same quarter. The two plants appear to be very distinct in every respect, except the names, which have thus been transposed and confused. The nomenclature may be satisfactorily arranged by calling the shrub C. Virginiana, Torrey and Gray, and the large tree C. serotina, D.C. At the same time it must be added, that Sir W. Hooker (Flor. Bor. Am.), expresses doubts as to their specific difference, remarking that the serratures and tufts of hair on the underside of