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### Author
Masters, Maxwell Tylden (1833-1907), British physician and botanist; MD. St. Andrews 1862; lecturer, St. George's Hospital, 1855-1868; editor of Gardnener's Chronicle 1865-1907.
**Abbreviated name**: *Mast.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Mast.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection K|K]]; British material at Canterbury Museum; for duplicates see IH.
#### Bibliography and biography
Backer p. 357; BB p. 210; BFM 2421; BJI 1: 39, 2: 113; BM 3: 1264-1265; Bossert p. 256; Clokie p. 208; CSP 4: 280-281, 8: 352, 10: 743-744, 12: 491-492, 17: 81-82; Desmond p. 427; DNB suppl. 2. 2: 586: Herder p. 465; Hortus 3: 1199 ("Mast., M. T."); IH 2: 513; Jackson p. 579 \[index\]; Kew 3: 617-618; Langman p. 484; LS 17303, 36718-36733; Moebius p. 305; Morren ed. 2., p. 24, ed. 10, p. 72, 73; MW p. 302-303, suppl. p. 220; NAF 28B: 345, ser. 2: 165; NI 1302; Plesch p. 329; PH 567; PR 5972-5973; Rehder 5: 553-554; TL-1/1039; TL-2/1: 978, 1814, 2448, 2981; Tucker 1: 468-469; Zander ed. 10, p. 689, ed. 11, p, 786 (b. 15 Apr 1833, d. 30 Mai 1907).
- Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 105: 16. 1907 (d.); Bot. Jahrb. 40(Beibl. 92): 46. 1908 (d.); Gard. Magaz. 50: 419. 1907 (portr.); J. R. Hortic. Soc. London 35: fig. 35. 1910 (portr.; on Masters memorial lectures); Nat. Nov. 29: 321. 1907 (d. 29 Mai \[err.!\] 1907); ÖbZ 57: 367. 1907(d.); Orchid Review 15: 201-202. 1907; The Garden 8 Jun 1907, p. vi; Torreya 7: 156. 1907.
- Britten, J., J. Bot. 45: 257-258. 1907 (portr.).
- Bullock, A. A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 75. 1978.
- Druce, G. C, Fl. Oxfordshire 397. 1886.
- Fletcher, H. R., Story R. Hort. Soc. 548. 1969.
- Grignan, G. T., Rev. hortic, Paris 79: 302-304. 1907 (portr.).
- Hemsley, W. B.,Gard. Chron. 1907(1): 368-369 (portr.), 377, 398,418-419; Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1907: 325-334 (bibl).
- Henslow, G., Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 41: 368-369. 1907.
- Huxley, L., Life letters J. D. Hooker 1: 383. 1912.
- Iltis, H., Life of Mendel ed. 2. 126. 1966.
- Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 44 (Conif. at K); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1908: 54-56 (obit.).
- Kent, D. H., Brit. herb. 68. 1957 (herb. K).
- Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 13: 140, 176. 1907 (d.).
- Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 167. 1904 (pl., drawings).
- Nelmes & Cuthbertson, Curtis's Bot. Mag. dedic. 191-192. 1932 (portr.).
- Phillips, E. P., S. Afr. J. Sci. 27: 43, 47, 55. 1930.
- Sutton, S. B., Charles Spragué Sargent 226. 1970.
- Urban, I., Fl. bras. 1(1): 185-186. 1906 (authentic biogr. notes); Symb. ant. 2: 4. 1900.
- Watson, W., La Tribune horticole 50: 305, 319, *pl. 44.* 1907 (portr.).
- Wittmack, L., Gartenflora 56: 377-380. 1907 (obit., portr., b. 15 Apr 1833, d. 30 Mai 1907).
- Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 95, *pl. 34.* 1903 (portr.).
#### Composite works
- (1) Martius, *Fl. bras*.:
a. *Aristolochiaceae*, 13(1): 529-628, *pl 106-128* (fasc. 57): 1 Mar 1872.
b. *Passifloraceae*, 4(2): 77-114, *pl. 17-26* (fasc. 66): 1 Feb 1875.
- (2) *Gardeners Chronicle*, editor 1865-1907.
- (3) Oliver, *Fl. trop, afr., Malvaceae*, 1: 175-214. 1868; *Sterculiaceae* 1: 214-239. 1868; *Tiliaceae *1: 240-268. 1868; *Samydaceae* 2: 492-500. 1871; *Loaseae* 2: 500-501. 1871; *Turneraceae* 2: 501-503. 1871; *Passifloreae* 2: 503-520. 1871.
- (4) Hooker, J. D., *Fl. Brit. India, Malvaceae. Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae*, 1: 317-409. Jan 1874; *Olacineae* 1(3): 572-598. Feb 1895; *Passifloreae* 2(6): 598-603. Mai 1879.
- (5) Harvey and Sonder, *Fl. cap., Resliaceae* 7(1): 59-149. Dec 1897.
- (6) Alph. de Candolle, *Monogr., Resliaceae* in 1: 218-398. Jun 1878.
- (7) Ravenscroft, E. J., *Lawson's Pinelum*, text parts 38-52.
- (8) Warming, E., *Symb. fl. bras.*, part 28, *Aristolochiaceae*, p. 279-280. 10 Mai 1880.
#### Handwriting
Clokie p. 280.
#### Eponymy
*Mastersia* Bentham (1865), also dedicated to John White Masters, (ca. 1792-1873), English botanist in British India, head gardener of the Calcutta Botanic Garden to 1838); *Mastersiella* Gilg-Benedict (1930); *Maxwellia* Baillon (1871). – The *Masters memorial lectures* of the Royal Horticultural Society, London; from 22 Jun 1909 onward (first lecture delivered by Hugo de Vries).
### Publications
##### n.5664. Vegetable teratology
**Title**
*Vegetable teratology*, an account of the principal deviations from the usual construction of plants... London (Published for the Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke,...) 1869. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Veg. teratol.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep-Oct 1869 (J. Bot. Oct 1869; BSbF Sep-Nov 1869), p. \[i\]-xxxviii, \[1\]-534. *Copies*: FI, G, L, MO, NY, USDA; IDC 7379.
*German*: *Pflanzen-Teratologie*, translated by U. Dammer, Leipzig 1886, xvi, 610 p. (Nat. Nov. Apr(2) 1886; J. Bot. Jan 1887; Bot. Zeit. 30 Apr 1886).
*Ref*.: Anon., Flora 53: 43. 22 Feb 1870.