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SUMMARY:
Page lists high-altitude plant specimens with numbers, identifications, and brief notes, recorded at Waitang, Pangotang, and Karkung between 19 and 27 September 1949. Entries include taxa such as Anemone, Primula, Saxifraga, Saussurea, and others with color, size, and habitat remarks.

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19758 Lychnis sp. Waitang. 20.9. 6" big calyx flower?
19202 Anemone sp. (yellow) Waitang. 20.9. Likely a mixture of yellow & blue.
(2) 19205 (3) Meconopsis simplicifolia (pod) Waitang. 20.9. Likely a mixture of yellow & blue.
19207 Anemone blue high alt. 20.9. Likely a mixture of yellow & blue.
(2) 19755:19201 Anemone blue high alt. 20.9. The other blue one.
19259 Thalictrum sp. small flower long anthers high alt. 19.9.49
19005 Potentilla aff. curviseta. high alt. 20.9.
(3) 19232 Anemone narcissiflora high alt. 21.9.
2 Bags or env. 19764 Allardia sp. woolly - very fine high alt. 21.9.
19765 Saxifraga sp. - purple flowers - high alt. 21.9.
19762 Saussurea sp. big woolly white head - high alt. 21.9. 15" 18"
19146 Diapensia himalaica. high alt. 23.9
19380 Gentiana phyllocalyx high alt. 23.9
19190 Primula bellidifolia. high alt. 24.9

• 19130 19697 Arabis sp. high alt. 24.9
  2 tins. 19135 Anemone rupicola Pangotang 25.9.
  18974 Androsace sp. big. Pangotang 25.9.
  19123 Cypripedium tibeticum Pangotang 25.9.
  19688 Sedum yellow 3". Pangotang 25.9.
  18973 Daphne sp. 1-2' Pangotang 25.9.
  19775 = 18981 Primula elongata. Karkung 26.9
  19395 and 6 Primula sikkimensis. Karkung 26.9
  19416 Primula capitata. Karkung 26.9
  19773 Potentilla May = 19350 red. Karkung 26.9
  19146 Diapensia himalaicum (pod). Karkung 27.9
  19147 Primula sapphirina Karkung 27.9
  19352 Lloydia sp. white Karkung 27.9

SUMMARY:
Field notes from the Kongbo Nga La listing several plant specimens with seed collections and observations on their occurrence on the east and west sides of the pass. A brief narrative notes a strenuous climb, abundant larch with unusual form, and Rhododendron vellereum being common.

CONTENT:
All on Kongbo Nga La. April 5th.

3599. Androsace sp. (3-5") SEED only taken.
3600. Rhododendron vellereum sp. (6-12') SEED taken with dried specimen. Common both sides of pass.
3601. Rhododendron primulaeflorum v. cephalanthoides (2-4') SEED taken with dried specimen. Common on W side.
3602. Primula sp. (Florindae?) Yes. SEED only taken.
3603. Primula atrodentata. In flower. Just showing. E. side.
3604. Primula walshii (pumilio?) In flower. Just showing. E. side.
3605. Euphorbia Nang Dz.
3606. Box (Buxus microphylla). Common both sides up to about 11000' or 11500'.

Ludlow p. 30
A strenuous climb to the summit of the Kongbo Nga La was welcome descent on the far side.
There is a lot of larch on both sides of the pass. The biggest trees are of peculiar shape. They have quite thick trunks for 20-30 ft & then suddenly taper to a point.
Rho. vellereum 3600 on Kongbo Nga La.

SUMMARY:
Notes list target plants with specimen numbers and brief habitat cues to be collected from the base at Pangstang on return from Waitang or Marlung, and from the Tolegang area. Habitats mentioned include cliffs, scree, beach, and river margins.

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148

To be collected from base Pangstang on return from Waitang or Marlung.

[x] White Sax. 19696. from cliff opposite camp. or from Tolegang, lower cliff.
[x] Gentian. 19706 " sandy slope opposite camp " " "
[v] Androsace sp. 18974 " " " " "
[ Cypripedium tibeticum 18970 just below big cliff, lower towards river.
[ Small pea 18992 = 19698.
[v] Prim. alpicola var. luna. 19103.
[v] Prim. umbratilis 19128.
[ Potentilla curviseta 19394 beach.
[x] Gentiana elwesii 19709
[x] Polygonum sp. tassel 19715 roots.
[x] [ Aconitum sp. 19734 roots.

To be collected from Tolegang

[v] Roots or seed of big Aconite. 19710 1st dros-pa above forest.
[v] Prim. umbratilis 19332.
[v] Sax. yellow. 19305 Growing with P. umbratilis & on scree bank.
[x] Sax? white. 19696 On cliff above umbratilis
roots. [v] Aconite var. small 19727 " " " in scree.
[v] Sax. 19731 wiry leaves. Above 1st dros-pa on.
[+] Pleurogyne. 19728. by river Tolegang.
[v] " var. big 19729 " "
[x] Delphinium 19724 papers
[x] " 19725 one 1st seen.
Sax. small leaves 19720 already taken. more below cliff.
Roots [v] Gent. amoena 19721 1/2 m beyond, on scree.
Roots [x] Alardia 19716. Left hand valley. Cliff, on left when level. to base of cliff.
Gent. multiflora 19347
[v] Prim. mac. var. mac. Near Alardia.

SUMMARY:
Field notes record multiple alpine plant collections and seed gathering around Putrang La, including Codonopsis seed collected below Lhapso Dzong at about 11,000 feet on 31/03/1938. The diary also notes damage to baggage from donkey transport and a descent toward the Tsangpo amid poor transport arrangements.

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Putrang La
vellereum

3587. Rhododendron sp. E. side common from 15000' - 12500'. SEED taken.
3588. Androsace sp. E. side common from 14000 - 12000. SEED taken.
3589. Rhododendron sp. W. side common from about 16000' SEED taken.
      3586 A. Gentiana Waltoni. E. side common from 14 - 12000' SEED taken.
      No. no. Gentiana nubigena E. side. A very few seed taken.
3590. Codonopsis vinciflora E. side. A few SEED taken at about 12000'.

A few signs of P. Jaffreyana seen on the dry banks about 12000'. No seed seen.

3592. Primula atrodentata. Not yet in flower.

3591 A. Codonopsis vinciflora. SEED collected below Lhapso Dzong. 11000'. 31.3.38.

Ludlow 25
Our baggage has suffered much during the past few days. The boxes in many cases have been smashed by donkey ropes colliding with each other or with rocks & boulders in narrow places.

Ludlow 26
Descent to Tsangpo

Bad transport arrangements

SUMMARY:
Page lists numbered plant specimens with notes on flowers, growth form, and handling, alongside associated localities and day/month collection dates. Taxa include Androsace, Thalictrum, Notholirion, Codonopsis, Clematis, Primula, Lilium, and others.

CONTENT:
19488 Meconopsis bella Dhur Chu. 5/10
19494 Polygonum sp. big flower. " "
19497 Yellow orchid " " See these seed before sending home
19817 Onosma sp. " " v. few.
19814 Androsace sp. cushion " " [crossed out] ✓
18974 Androsace sp. 12"-18" Pangitang. 30/9.
19800 Androsace sp. white cushion. Namdatung 3/10.
19083 Cotoneaster sp. 15' tree. Shabietang. 6/10.
19815 Thalictrum chelidonii? " 6/10.
(2) 19498 Notholirion macrophyllum. Dhur Chu. 6/10 145
(3) 21819 Tree ? Shabietang 7/10
(2) 21820 Shrub ? " "
(3) 21821 - 19077 Tree 20' ? " "
2 21822 Eremurus " "
19815 Thalictrum chelidonii? Dhur Chu 5/10. 150
1 bag 19716 Allardia sp.
18683 Rhododendron ciliatum Kyikyi La. 13/10.
19544 Thalictrum chelidonii
19594 Pyrola sp. Yuto La 14/10.
19823 ? saccate tube. creeper. Tongsa. 15/10 155
(2) 19826 Codonopsis purpurea. " "
19827 Clematis sp. small red " "
19574 Primula flagellaris. Chendebi. 16/10.
19572 Gesneriaceae Streptocarpus? " "
(2) 19580 Dicentra sp. " " 160
4 + bag 19490 Lilium sp. var. Dhur Chu. 5/10
19573 Anemone sp. Chendebi 17/10.
19577 Campanula sp. " "