Part 219 - Field notes: Androsace 2235; stores from Chusam; pilgrims to Sanga Chöling

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SUMMARY:
Botanical entries list Primula, Rhododendron, and Androsace specimens, highlighting a fine Androsace (No. 2235) nearly a foot tall. Stores from Chusam arrived with wireless, batteries, and rations; many people headed toward Sanga Chöling from the Kingkor, with women carrying bamboo poles toward Totsen, Sha ngu ha, and Sincoveni; weather was windy and sunny, mist rising up the Tsari Chu, and ponies took from 6 am to 2 pm.

CONTENT:
Mec. simplicifolia 1877, P. sikkimensis var. plantaginea 1878, Primula sonchifolia 1879, L. nanum 1880
Rhod. campylocarpum 1881, Rhod. campylogynum 1882, Rhod. forrestii var. repens 1883
Primula valentiana 1884
Androsace strigillosa var. cavaleriei 2235

to 4" high. There is a very fine androsace here No. 2235, a beautiful bright colour, the under surface of the petals contrasting with the upper. It grows to nearly a foot high. Our stores from Chusam arrived here with us - the wireless, batteries & some rations. A great number of people seem to be going to Sanga Chöling, many or all from the Kingkor. About 60 passed by here as I was shaving this morning, all carrying bundles of bamboo poles about 12-15 ft long. The majority were women, who are not allowed to do the Kingkor, but go from Totsen to the Sha ngu ha & Sincoveni. Ponies today took from 6.0 am till 2.0 pm. Here there is a strong wind, & the sun is shining most of the time - very pleasant for a change again. One can see the mist that comes up the Tsari Chu over the end of this