Part 19 - From Molo to Pachakshiri and back. April - May 1940.

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SUMMARY:
While awaiting Taylor’s arrival at Molo on 17 May 1940, the party planned a four-week excursion south of the Himalayas and left Molo on 22 April for the Pachakshiri district. The page notes the rich flora of Sikkim and Bhutan toward the Tsangpo gorge and recalls a 1936 split expedition in the Tsari District, where Ludlow briefly explored near Lo La and Nyug La, revealing notable alpine flora.

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Ludlow - Sherriff
From Molo to Pachakshiri and back. April - May 1940.

We calculated that Taylor would not reach Molo till May 17th, so Ludlow and I had nearly four weeks in which to make a trip to the south of the Himalayas. Eastward from Mago little botanical exploration has been carried out south of the main axis, owing to the unfriendly tribes which inhabit that region. The flora of Sikkim and Bhutan is rich, and owing to increased rainfall as one goes eastward towards the Tsangpo gorge, it probably becomes richer. We therefore left Molo on the 22nd April full of hopes of getting a rich harvest from the Tibetan District of Pachakshiri, which lies southeast of Molo.

In 1936, when Ludlow and I visited the Tsari District, we split into two parties in the second half of June. I kept to the area where the various branches of the Subansiri River cut through the Himalayas, while Ludlow went east to Molo, with the intention of getting over the main axis to Pachakshiri. He had not much time, and owing to this, and the difficulty of getting transport to take him to Pachakshiri he was only able to spend a short time near the Lo La and a day or two on the Nyug La, near Lhalung. But these few days were ample to show how exceptionally interesting was the Alpine flora of the district visited. To take only the Genus Primula: Ludlow found the following new