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### Author
Lawson, Marmaduke Alexander (1840-1896), British botanist, professor of botany at Oxford 1868-1882; director Botany Dept. Ootacamund (India) 1882; government botanist and director of Cinchona plantations, Nilgiris 1885.
**Abbreviated name**: *M. A. Laws.* \[standard form in IPNI: *M.A.Lawson*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection OXF|OXF]]; further material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MH|MH]] (Indian coll. orig.). Some correspondence at [[Collection K|K]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 353; BB p. 182; BL2: 232, 302, 679; BM 3: 1070; Bossert p. 230; Clokie p. 197; CSP 8: 178, 10: 532; Desmond p. 376; DTS 7: 178, 10: 532, 16: 640; Hortus 3: 1198 ("Laws., M."); IH 2: 418; Jackson p. 346, 367, 384; Kew 3: 385; Zander ed. 10, p. 683.
- Anon., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1896: 185; Bot. Not. 1897: 47.
- Druce, G. C, Fl. Berkshire clxxvii. 1897.
#### Composite works
J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India, Celastrineae, Rhamneae, Ampelidae, in 1 (3): 606-668. Feb 1875 (TL-2/2981).
#### Handwriting
Clokie, H., Account herb. Oxford 280. 1964.