A BRYOPHYTE FLORA OF ESSEX 93 Metzgeriaceae Metzgeria furcata (L.) Dum. 18: tree in woods nr. Haggar Lane, 1800, E.F.; nr. Hale Brinks, 1800, E.F. one small patch on tree, Epping Forest, 1943, J.R.; Epping Forest, 1950, J.H.G.P.; on old Ash tree and on con- crete wall by roadside stream nr. Ivy Chimneys, 1963, E.S.; Shales More, Stapleford Tawney, 1967* K.J.A. & A.J.H.; small patch, Mores, Navestock, 1967, A.J.H.; in wood by, Chequers, Noak Hill, 1967, K.J.A. 19: Braxted, 1861, E.G.V.; by roadside in hedges between Waldon, Wimbish & Radwinter, * 1874, F.Y.B.; Lower Forest. Epping; Tiptree; Saffron Walden (no dates), St J.M.; Hatfield Forest, 1958, A.J.P.; Harts Grove, nr. Broxted, 1959, E.S. & B.T.W. Easton Lodge, Dunmow; by R. Wicken at Wicken Bon- hunt; abundant on trees by lake nr. Pincey Brook, Harlow, 1960, E.S.; large patch, brickwork of barrage, and on surrounding trees, Gosfield Lake, 1967, K.J.A. DILAENACEAE Pallavicinia lyelii S. F. Gray 18: on marshy track (with Scapania irrigua), Jack's Hill, Epping Forest, 1964, E.S. Blasiaceae Blasia pusilla L. 18: Epping Forest, 1884 E.M.H.: Ongar Brick Pits, several years, P.J.W.; still present, 1967, K.J.A. & A.J.H. 19: Stour Woods, 1955, F.R.; abundant in gravel pits, Fing- ringhoe Wick, 1963, E.S. Fossombroniaceae Fossombronia pusilla (L.) Dum. 18: banks of drain from a gravel pit between Hale End & Woodford Row, Epping Forest, 1800, E.F.; Theydon Bois, 1923, St J.M.; ditch across golf course, Theydon Bois, 1960, E.S.; Ongar Park Wood, 1964, E.S.: Broom wood nr. Bishops Moat, Abridge, 1967, K.J.A.; Ongar Park Wood, 1967, S.T.L. 19: Lower Forest, Epping, 1924, St J.M.: in ditch, Lower Epping Forest, 1960, E.S.: roadside ditch, Stour Woods, 1961, E.S. Fossombronia wondraczekii (Corda) Dum. 18: sandy ditch by road between Wake Arms and Theydon Bois, Epping Forest, 1962, E.S.; sandy path nr. Bellringer's Hol- low, Epping Forest, 1963, E.S.; nr. Connaught Water, Epping Forest, 1967, K.J.A.; Ongar Park Wood, 1967, S.T.L.