the St. Gabriel Street Church) on Christmas Day. Legacy Masson described in excess of 1700 new species including: Publications Masson’s only book, Stapeliae Novae, on the South African succulents also known as "carrion-flowers" because of their smell, was published in 1796. Eponymy The genus of plants Massonia is named for Masson. There is a commemorative plaque to Masson in the Cruickshank Botanic Garden, Old Aberdeen. See also List of gardener-botanist explorers of the Enlightenment European and American voyages of scientific exploration References External links 1741 births 1805 deaths Scottish botanists Botanists active in Africa Botanists active in North America Botanists with author abbreviations People from Aberdeen Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 18th-century Scottish people