REPORT 



ON THE 



HERBACEOUS FLOWERING PLANTS 



OF 



MASSACHUSETTS, 



ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE NATURAL ORDERS OF LINDLEY, 



ILLUSTRATED CHIEFLY BY POPULAR DESCRIPTIONS 



OF THEIR 



CHARACTER, PROPERTIES, AND USES. 



PUBLISHED AGREEABLY TO AN ORDER OF 



THE LEGISLATURE, 



BY THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL SURVEY 

 OF THE STATE. 



CAMBRIDGE: 

 FOLSOM, WELLS, AND THURSTON, 



PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY. 



1840. 



