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THE ESSEX NATURALIST
Grimmiaceae
Grimmia apocarpa Hedw.
18: Danbury churchyard, 1845, A.G.; still present, 1967,
A.J.P.; on iron tank, Grays chalk pit, 1965, E.S.
19: Kelvedon, 1860; Witham, 1862; Tiptree Heath, 1863;
Rivenhall, 1873, E.G.V.; wall, Great Chesterford; tunnel at
Littlebury; blocks of stone, Wenden Lofts; old Pounce Wood,
Ashdon road, 1874, F.Y.B.; church wall, Manuden, 1959; Roydon
churchyard, 1959; on wall by Hullgreen, south of Matching Green,
1960; by artificial ponds, Easton Lodge, Dunmow, 1960; Harlow
Mill Lock, 1960; pool, Littlebury Green, 1960; on concrete drain
cover, Epping Lower Forest, 1961, E.S.
Grimmia commutata Hubn.
19: (tiled roof, Wickham Bishops, 1884 and 1886, H.N.D.)
Grimmia pulvinata (Hedw.) Sm.
18: Walthamstow, 1800, E.F.; nr. Chelmsford, 1845, A.G.;
Epping Forest, 1885, J.L.E.; Weald Park, 1958, A.J.P.; wall,
Lingwood Common, 1959, E.S.
19: Kelvedon, 1860, E.G.V.; common on wall, Saffron Walden;
Newport, 1874, F.Y.B.; Hatfield Forest, 1890, E.M.H.; and 1958,
A.J.P.; Dovercourt, 1906, W.R.S.; Broomfield; Springfield; Chig-
nall Smealy, 1906, F.J.C.
Rhacomitrium canescens (Hedw.) Brid.
19: (Tiptree Heath, 1860, E.G.V.)
Funariaceae
Funaria hygrometrica Hedw.
18, 19: Common throughout the county. Many records since
E. Forster, 1800 to the present day.
Funaria fascicularis (Hedw.) Schp.
18: ditch, near spring, between Snaresbrook and Shrubbush,
1800, E.F.; nr. Chelmsford, 1845, A.G.; Galleywood Common,
1906, F.J.C.; Pear Tree Lane, Danbury, 1957, A.J.P.: Purdy Farm,
Rochford, 1964, T.L.
19: on clay and gravel, Kelvedon & Langford, 1860; Halstead,
1860, E.G.V.; side of pond, cultivated field south of Matching
Green, 1959, E.S.
Physcomitrium pyriforme (Hedw.) Brid.
18: Walthamstow, 1800, E.F.; nr. Chelmsford, 1845, A.G.;
Hazeleigh, 1890, E.M.H.; by a stream, Epping Forest, 1883,
H.N.D.; by R. Roding, Passingford Bridge, 1961, E.S.; edge of
pond, Toothill, 1967, S.T.L.