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Ranked as a sub-species of B. pallescens by Dixon. 



Bryum intermedium, Brid. 



Moist banks, Langfield Moor. — Herb. Nwl. 

 1 goo. Ogden Kirk. 



Bryum caespiticium, L. 



1775. /. Bolton. Frequent. — Herb. Leyl. 

 On walls near Todmorden. — Herb. Nwl. 



Common on walls, banks, etc. : Copley, Greetland ; Ogden 

 Kirk and Brookhouse, Ovenden ; top of out-house, 

 Illingworth ; crevice of damp wall, Lee Bank ; quarry 

 hill, Boothdean ; Crimsworth Dean, &c. 



Bryum capillare, L. 



1775. /. Bolton. 1834. High Greenwood. — Herb. Leyl. 



Rocks and walls near Todmorden. — Herb. Nwl. 



Common : Crimsworth Dean, and other places near 

 Hebden Bridge. — /. Needham ; Rishworth. — A. Bullock; 

 Upper Shibden. — W. B. Crutnp ; Luddenden Dean, etc. ! 



Var. torquescens, Husn. 

 Rishworth. — H. T. Soppitt ! 



Bryum obconicum, Hornsch. 



1892. High Greenwood. — ]. Needham, 1900. Cragg Vale ! 



North Dean Wood ! 

 Ranked by Dixon as a sub-species of B. capillare ; by 

 Braithwaite as a var. only. 



Bryum atropurpureum, W. & M. 



Wet banks near Todmorden. — Herb. Nwl. 

 1901. On moist bank, Ogden Kirk, sparingly! 

 First records for the Calder drainage area. 



Bryum alpinum, Huds. 



1775. /. Bolton. [Nowell, Snpp. 



1854. Damp rocks at Hippings Farm, Stansfield. — J. 



Bryum argenteum, L. 



1775. /. Bolton. Hebden Bridge. — Herb. Leyl. 



1840. Walls at Todmorden. — Herb. Nwl. 



Very common on old roofs, bases and tops of walls, waste 

 ground, road sides, etc., throughout the parish. One of 

 our hardiest of mosses, forming compact silvery-green 

 beds at the foot of walls. 



