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1840. Harley Wood. — Baines Fl. [Nowell, Supp. 



1854. On clay bank at Stony-royd, near Todmorden. — J . 



Phascum cuspidatum, Schreb. {Phascum acaulon, L). 



1775. /. Bolton. 



Very common on road side mounds, clayey banks, bare 

 fields, etc. : Elland Park Wood-bottom ; near Sterne 

 Mill ; Stump Cross, etc. — H. T. Soppitt ! 



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Phascum curvicolle, Ehrh. 



Todmorden. — /. Nowell, By. M. Fl. ; Lees' Fl. 



Not recently recorded. There are no local specimens in 

 Nowell's herbarium, nor is the Todmorden record in 

 Baines' Supp. : possibly the specimens were found sub- 

 sequent to the publication of that flora. Nowell knew 

 the plant for he and Dr. Wood found it plentifully near 

 Pontefract. 



Pottia recta, (With) Mitt. (Phascum rectum, With). 



Todmorden.—/. Nowell, Br. M. Fl. ; C. P. Hobklrk, Lees' Fl. 



Pottia truncatula, (L) Furnr. (Bryum truncatulum, L ; 



Gymnnstomum, Hedw.) 



1775. /. Bolton. 1834. Hanging-royd Mill. — Herb. Leyl. 



Banks at Todmorden. — Llevb. JMwl. 



Very common ; has been collected at Brook Foot ; Salter- 

 hebble ; Hipperholme ; on wall, Elland Park Wood ; 

 near Stern Mill ; Stanelly Clough ; Stump Cross, etc. — 

 H. T. Soppitt ! High Greenwood, and other places near 

 Hebden Bridge. — -/. Needliam. May be found in bare 

 fields, on hedge banks, road-side mounds, etc., throughout 

 the parish. It also invades green-houses and flourishes 

 on the soil in plant pots. This tiny moss, less than half- 

 an-inch tall when full grown, may easily be overlooked ; 

 but, when once seen, may be readily recognised by its 

 short, stout capsule with obliquely-pointed lid. 



Pottia minutula, Furnr. (Pottia Stavkei, var. Davalii Lindb.) 

 1897. On wall near Stump Cross, Hipperholme. — H. T. 

 Soppitt, Hx. Nat. ! First record for the Calder area. 



Tortula aloides, (Koch) De Not. (Bryum rigidum Sm. ; Barbula 

 aloides Furnr.) 



On Scar at Rag Scout, near Todmorden. — Herb. Leyl. 



1840. Rag Scout. — J. Nowell, Baines'' Fl. 



