MASTERS—MEISSNER. 186 
Restiaceas, Coniferas in floris diversis (Ind. brit., Afr. trop., 
Cap.) monographice tractans aliisque opusculis locupletans, 
e. gr. On the Passifloreae collected by M. Epovarp ANDRÉ in 
Ecuador and New Granada 1882, Supplementary notes on 
Restiaceae 1885, Contributions to the history of certain species 
of Conifers 1886, Notes on the Genera of Taxaceae and 
Coniferae 1892, A general view of the Genus Cupressus 1895, 
praeterea dissertationibus: On the floral conformation of the 
genus Cypripedium 1887, On the root-structure and mode of 
growth of Primulaceae 1887, sicut monographia Restiacearum 
completa in DC. Suites du Prodr. vol. I (1878). The Gardeners' 
Chronicle ab a. 1865 publici juris fecit. 
Lit. Notae biographicae a cl. MASTERS mihi missae. — L. 
WITTMACK in RÜMPL. Ill. Gartenbau-Lexikon III ed. (1902) 
p. 489. — V. B. WITTROCK: Iconotheca botan. (1903) p. 95 tab, 34 
(effigies). — Men and Women of the Time XIII ed. (1891) p. 615. — 
Pritz. Thes. II ed. p. 208; Jacks. Guide p. 51, 59, 70, 104, 120, 
128, 258, 346, 372, 384, 473; Cat. Sc. Pap. IV .م‎ 280—281, 
VIT p. 352, X p. 743—744, XII .م‎ 491—492. 
Passifloraceae fase. LVII (1872) vol. XIII pars I p. 529 ad 
628, tab. 106—128. 
Aristolochiaceae fasc. LXVI (1875) vol. IV pars II 
p. 711—114, tab, 17—26. 
MEISSNER, CAROLUS FRIDERICUS. 
(1800—1874.) 
Natus d. 1. m. Novembris 1800 in urbe Bern (Helvetia), 
Scholis privatis in Yverdun et Vevey absolutis studio medi- 
cinae in Wien, Paris et Goettingen se tradidit et ab uni- 
versitate ulteriore gradum Dr. med, 1824 capessivit, Post- 
quam breve per tempus vicarius patris sui munere professoris 
historiae naturalis Bernae functus est, Genevam petiit, ubi 
sub auspiciis A. P. DE CANDOLLE monographiam generis Poly- 
goni elaboravit, 1828 professor medicinae in universitate 
Basel et 1830 professor botanices et director horti botanici 
ibidem nominatus est. Morbo coactus officia 1866 deposuit 
et d. 2, m, Maji 1874 e vita excessit, — Opus principale 
Plantarum vascularium genera secundum ordiues naturales 
digesta Lipsiae 1886—43 edidit. Magni momenti sunt mono- 
graphiae in De CANDOLLE Prodromo: Polygonaceae, Proteaceae 
1856, Thymelaeaceae 1857, Lauraceae, Hernandiaceae 1864. 
Praeterea plantas familiarum indicatarum aliarumque ex Africa 
australi (leg. DREGE, Krauss), ex India orientali (leg. SCHLAG- 
INTWEIT etc.) ex Australia (leg. Prerss, DRUMMOND, BEHR, 
F. MtrLER) e Guiana (leg. KEGEL), e Brasilia (leg. WARMING) 
tractavit, — Herbarium collegio Columbiano in New York 
vendidit. 
Lit. F. B.: Karl Friedrich Meissner in Verh. Schweizer. 
Naturforsch. Gesellsch. 57. Jahresversammlung, 1873—74 (1875) 
p. 187—188. — ALPH. DE CANDOLLE: Notice biographique sur 
Charles-Frédéric Meissner, professeur de botanique à Bále in Bull, 
Soc. bot. de France tom. XXI (1874) p. 279—283 (cum operum 
indice). — A. GRAY in Ball. Torr. Bot. Club V (1874) p. 25—26. 一 
E. WUNSCHMANN: Karl Friedrich Meissner in Allg. Deutsche Biogr. 
vol. XXI (1885) p. 246—248. — Bull. Torr. Bot. Club VI (1875) 
185 COLLABORATORES: 
De rationibus geographicis et usu disseruit in familiis 
sequentibus: Musci fase. I (1840) vol. I pars IL p. 97—100; 
Lycopodineae fase. I (1840) vol. I pars II p. 183—136; Solana- 
ceae et Cestrineae fasc. VI (1846) vol. X p. 185—196, 227 ad 
228; Myrsineae fasc. XVI (1856) vol. X p. 317—322; Symplo- 
caceae fasc. XVII (1856) vol. VII p. 35—36; Malpighiaceae 
fasc. XXI (1858) vol. XII pars I p. 109—124; Cordiaceae, 
Heliotropieae, Borragineae, Labiatae fasc. XXII (1858) vol. VIII 
pars 1 p. 207—226; Ophioglosseae, Marattiaceae, Osmundaceae, 
Schizaeaceae, Gleicheniaceae, Hymenophylleae fase. X XIII (1859) 
vol. I pars II p. 301—304; ? Myristicaceae fasc, XXV (1860) 
vol. V pars I p. 122—136; Antidesmeae fasc, XX VII (1861) 
vol: IV pars I p. 335—336; Begoniaceae fasc. XX VII (1861) 
vol. IV pars I p. 380-396 ; Celastraceae, Ilicineae, Rhamneae 
fasc. XXVIII (1861) vol. XI pars I p. 117—124; Scrophu- 
larinae fasc. XXX (1862) vol. VIII pars I p. 831—340; Sapo- 
leae fasc. X X XII (1863) vol. VII p. 109—118 (usus cum A. ۰ 
ErcnLER); Ericaceae fasc. XXXV (1863) vol. VII p. 175—182; 
Gesneraceae fasc. X X XVI (1864) vol. VIII pars I p. 425 —428; 
Salsolaceae fasc. XXXVII (1864) vol. V pars I p. 157—100; 
Gentianaceae fasc. XL (1865) vol. VI pars I p. 247—248; 
Apocynaceae fasc. XL (1865) vol. VI pars I p. 181—196 (cum 
mantissa et tab. 54); Lauraceae fasc. XLI (1866) vol. V pars II 
p. 303—308 (geogr); Rosaceae fasc. XLII (1867) vol. XIV 
pars II p. 5-16: Lauraceae et Hernandiaceae fase, XLIV 
(1868) vol. V pars II p. 311—314 (nomina vernac.); Lauraceae 
fasc. XLIV (1868) vol. V pars II. p. 315—320 (usus); Loga- 
niaceae fasc, XLV (1868) vol. VI pars I p. 291—300; Styra- 
caceae fasc, XLVI (1868) vol. VII p. 195—198. 
Tabulae physiognomicae. Brasiliae regiones iconibus 
expressas descripsit deque vegetatione illius terrae uberius 
exposuit in fasc. I, II, III, VI, IX, X, XI, XIII—XIV, XV, 
XVII, XVIII, XXI, XXIII, XLVII (1840—1869) vol. I pars I 
p. I— CX, tab. I—LIX. 
Mappa itinera botanicorum in Brasilia et terris adja- 
centibus illustrans in fasc, XVIII pars I (1857) vol. I pars I. 
Tabula geographica quinque provincias Florae brasiliensis 
illustrans in fase. X XI (1858) vol. I pars I. 
Summa rerum in Fasc. I—XL contentarum ad fasc. XL 
(1865) addita p. 1—32. 
Condidit opus (cum ill, EnpLICHER) et fasciculos I—XLVI 
a. 1840— 1868 edidit. 
MASTERS, MAXWELL TYLDEN. 
(* 1833.) 
Natus d. 15. m. Aprilis 1833 in Canterbury (Anglia), 
in collegio regio Londinensi (King's College) literis imbutus, 
studio medicinae se tradidit et postquam gradum Dr. med. 
capessivit, Londini initio artem medicinalem factitavit. Postea 
in schola medica nosocomii St. George botanices docens et in 
universitate Londinensi botanices examinator fuit. Societatis 
regiae anglicae et instituti gallici sodalis est. — Botanicen 
auxit studiis morphologicis: Vegetable Morphology 1862, Vege- 
table Teratology 1869, systematicis: Malvaceas, Tiliaceas, 
Sterculiaceas, Olacaceas, Passifloraceas, Aristolochiaceas, 
