108 THE ESSEX NATURALIST Writtle (c.fr.); Theydon Bois Golf Course (c.fr.), 1962, E.S.; Staples Road, Loughton. 1963, E.S.: ditch in Epping Forest, nr. Theydon Golf Course, 1965, E.S. 19: by stream in Epping Lower Forest, 1962, E.S.; side of ditch by Stump Road, Epping Lower Forest, 1963, E.S.; St. Thomas's Quarters, 1967, K.J.A. Dicranella cerviculata (Hedw.) Schp. 18: in a gravel pit, nr. Wanstead Park, Epping Forest, 1800, E.F.; Long Running, Epping Forest, 1959, E.S.; on steep bank, Galleywood Common, 1961, E.S. 19: bank of R. Stour, nr. Wrabness, 1961, E.8.; plentiful, St. Thomas's Quarters, 1967, K.J.A. Dicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schp. Abundant in the county. Many records from 1800 onwards. Dicranoweisia cirrata (Hedw.) Lindb. 18: on rails in a garden, Walthamstow, 1800, E.F.; on bottom of a tree in a field, Walthamstow, 1800, E.F.; nr. Chelms- ford 1845, A.G.: High Beach, Epping Forest, 1885, J.L.E.; Thorndon Park, Brentwood, 1958, K.A. & A.J.P.; Woodham Walter Common, 1958, A.J.P.; Overshot Hill, Danbury, 1967, A.J.P. 19: Kelvedon, 1860, E.G.V.: wood, Wickham, 1885, H.N.D.; Hatfield Forest, 1890, E.M.H.; Epping Lower Forest, 1958, E.S.; Hatfield Forest, 1958, A.J.P. Dicranum montanum Hedw. 18: bark of rotten alder stump in swamp, Mores Wood, Nave- stock, Brentwood, 1964, P.J.W. 19: tree stump in Stour Woods, nr. Wrabness, 1951, F.J.B.; abundant in Stour Woods, 1961, E.S.: on tree stump, Birch Hall, 1961, E.S. Dicranum flagellare Hedw. 19: on rotting tree stump, Little Hales Wood, 1947, P. .1. Chamberlain; on rotting tree stump, Stour Woods, 1961, E.S.; and 1962, P.J.W. Dicranum strictum Schleich, ex Schwaeg. 18 : on stumps of coppiced hornbeams and on ash trunk, Ongar Park Wood, 1962, E.S.: plentiful and spreading, Weald Park, 1967, P.J.W.; High Wood; Ongar, 1967, K.J.A. Dicranum majus Sm. 18: Monk Wood, Epping Forest, 1890, E.M.H.; High Wood, Writtle, 1958, E.S.; Genesis Slade, nr. Wake Arms, Epping Forest, 1960, E.S.; nr. Loughton Camp, Epping Forest. 1960, K.J.A. & B.S.