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THE ESSEX NATURALIST
POTTICEAE
Tortula ruralis (Hedw.) Crome
18: on tiles, Walthamstow; gravel pit between Woodford and
Chingford Hatch, 1800, E.F.; banks of R. Wid, under main
Chelmsford to Ingatestone Road, 1961, E.S.
19: Kelvedon; Feering, 1800, E.F.; thatch roof, Littlebury;
on a tree, Ashdon road, 1874, F.Y.B.; disused airfield at Match-
ing, 1958, E.S.; Easton Lodge, Dunmow; thatched roof, Spring-
well Farm, nr. Little Chesterford; Little Chesterford churchyard;
on cement walling of pond, Littlebury Green, 1960, E.S.; on
ground nr. railway arches, Newport, 1961, E.S.
Tortula ruraliformis (Besch.) Rich. & Wall.
19: (Recorded in C.C. Ed. 1. No specimen traced.)
Tortula intermedia (Brid.) Berk.
18: Chelmsford, 1906, F.J.C.; Loughton, 1918, Percy Thomp-
son.
19: stone at Kelvedon Church, 1877, E.G.V.; Little Green-
stead Church, 1884, H.N.D.; Magdalen Laver Churchyard;
abundant on cement topped wall of school and church, Great
Hallingbury; Old Harlow Church, 1959, E.S.; wall by Newport
Station; Rickling Green Churchyard, 1960, E.S.
Tortula laevipila (Brid.) Schwaeg.
18: trees, Walthamstow, 1800, E.F.; nr. Chelmsford, 1845,
A.G.; Cobbins Brook, Epping, 1885, J.L.E.; Hazeleigh, 1890,
E.M.H.; on old railway sleepers, chalk pit, Grays; on tree nr.
Cuckoo Pits, Epping Forest, 1959, E.S.
19: Kelvedon; Braxted, 1860, E.G.V.; trunks of trees Rad-
winter and Ashdon, 1874, F.Y.B.; Hatfield Forest, 1890, E.M.H.;
on wall by roadside stream, Farnham (c. fr.), 1962, E.S.; on ash
by Roman River, Friday Wood, 1963, A.J.V. & E.S.
Tortula papillosa Wils. ex Spruce
19: (trees, Inworth, 1860, E.G.V.; Witham and Wickham
Bishops, 1898, H.N.D.)
Tortula latifolia Hartm.
18: by R. Roding, Chigwell Lane, 1943, J.H.G.P.; and 1967,
K.J.A.
19: on wood by R. Stort, Roydon; side of R. Blackwater,
Kelvedon, 1959, E.S.; abundant along banks of R. Stort, Berden;
bridge over R. Can, nr. Chelmsford, 1960, E.S.
Tortula subulata Hedw.
18: nr. Chelmsford. 1845, A.G.; Epping Forest, 1890, E.N.B.;
Golden Wood, Brentwood, 1963, K.J.A.