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Kodachrome 21.
Two Kongbas at Latsa. 13/4.
At the Temu La. 14/4. 18. 19. 20. 21
P. atrodentata. } 15/4 Sent from Dzeng. 16/4.
A Kongba with flute. }

14-15 Ap. Dzeng Some rain at night. Mostly cloudy.
15-16 Ap. Dzeng Some rain at night. Mostly cloudy.
16-17 Ap. Dzeng Some rain at night. Mostly cloudy.
17-18 Ap. Dzeng Bright & clear. Min 29°.
18-19 Ap. Dzeng Fine night. Fine but cloudy 19th.
19-20 Ap. Dzeng Rain at night. Fine but cloudy 20th.
20-21 Ap. Dzeng Rain at night. Fine but cloudy 21st.
21-22 Ap. Dzeng Rain at night. Rain by 3.0 pm.

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Betty, Jill, Joker at camp Dzeng. 18/4.
Up Tsangpo Dzeng 18/4
Up Tsangpo up hill 18/4.
Buddleia purple. 20/4.
Rhod. vellereum in forest behind Tse 20/4
Rhod. vellereum close up
Self photographing Rhod. vellereum 20/4.

SUMMARY:
After leaving Nagu, a cook’s fire set a hollow willow ablaze at night, forcing tents to be moved. On 25 April at Lilung, the party began using new mule transport and collected several plants, including a clematis, a white Buddleia variant, and an apple/pear (Nyete) near Temshung east of Simbiteng; a local was asked to collect seed for Ludlow, and a cushion Androsace was noted.

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soon dressed. All that took up time and left Nagu at 1.0pm. Then on all was well but it was a long day. A slight hitch added to our troubles at night. The cook lit a fire under a big willow. The roots of it all caught fire suddenly there was a roar as flames shot out of the top of two large branches about 1 1/2' diam, some 10 feet up the tree. They were hollow & acted as chimneys, for there was a tearing wind blowing, the sight was quite a good one. Of course the tree was doomed, & fell about 1.0 am. Tents had to be moved because of this, but we did this when the thing started.

25 April. Lilung. Our first fine day, & a good day too as we set off with our new mule transport which came along very well indeed. We also found rather more flowers. There are not many but at least we saw some. A clematis (12404) is in flower in several places. I imagine they are all the same, usually white. But the one I took was bright madder pink & very pretty. Another colour variation taken was a pure white edition of the purple Buddleia (12401). The prettiest thing taken is an apple - or pear perhaps - No 12402 - which the locals call Nyete. It was growing at a village called Temshung, 1 m. to the E of Simbiteng. I saw it here also, close to the houses of Lilung, & have warned a local to collect seed for Ludlow. It is very fine, white, but pink in bud, & showing big trusses of about 20 flowers together. The only other find was the small cushion Androsace (Brachystelma?) which grows so commonly here & on the Potrang & Kongbo Nga Las. It is a joy to have mules which go well, & which will carry us for 11 days without any change at all. The muleteers also seem good men.

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The diarist records plant collections and observations, noting poor weather but good flowers, and a promising valley toward the Chachu La with yak shelters and a large lake. While halted in camp, they receive mail from Betty via Wangmo’s servant to Bumthang and send replies; they also collect the first seeds of the year. On 3rd July they make a long day trip to Tolegang, pressing 18 specimens including Primula waddellii.

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1st July: Saxifraga brunoniana 19270.
Rhod. calderianum 19277.
Streptopus simplex 19280.
Cardiocrinum giganteum 19284.

...for a few nice things, the best being what I think is a Buddleia, but if so, it's a much bigger flower than B. colvilei (19272) which it somewhat resembles. Lil. giganteum is also common down the valley, and Briggsia (B. muscicola 19266), on a tree, is rather nice. A miserable day for weather, but a good day for flowers.

2nd July. Halt. In camp, and fine in the morning after a night of very heavy rain indeed. From what I saw of the valley towards the Chachu La, it is good. But one would have to spend a night or two up there. There are two yak herds' shelters, one at 13500, and one above 14500 just near the biggest lake I have seen in Bhutan. That would be a good place. There are magnificent cliffs all around, and I did get two nice saxs from the only cliffs I visited. But primulas, other than calderiana and umbratilis were scarce. P. umbratilis is common at 14500 and rather paler. I saw one white one, and hope it may mean that real white ones are close. If we can't get good places in Haubung, we must return there. A mail from Betty came in on 30th night, very surprisingly, sent by Wangmo's servant to Bumthang. So I have written letters to Betty and Wangmo, to go off today if possible — or at any rate tomorrow. We collected the first of this year's seed — P. atrodentata. This is always the first to seed, and unless one takes it soon, it is likely to be eaten by yaks.

3rd July. Halt. Went to Tolegang, and had a day with hardly any rain, but a long one. Left at 6.0 am and back at 5.0 pm rather tired, but with 18 flowers (19330) in the press, some good ones amongst them, including Primula waddellii, which I had forgotten was so very pink and different in colour from P. tenuiloba. There can be no mistaking the two. After reaching the lake, we turned up right...

SUMMARY:
Notebook page listing seed and plant collections with specimen numbers and brief habitat notes from routes and sites around Suasietang, Pangitang, Chachhu route, Tolegang to Rat lake, near camp Darling, and above Sokpum hut, with a mention of Dramating.

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Seed from Suasietang or road there from Pangitang.

19266 ✓ Briggsia yellow on tree trunk.
19269 x Green like creeper on ground. river bank. red flowers.
19270 ✓ Sax. with stolons.
19272 x Buddleia like. red flowered shrub.
19279 x Briggsia (Gesnerac) red flowered on rocks.
19280 ✓ Streptopus simplex. ROOTS
19286 x Didiss. lanuginosa on rocks. Brunt. 'Dramating'.
19287 ✓ Thalictrum diffusiflora.
19296 x Micholitzia obcordata.

Seeds. Pangitang. (base)

19305 ✓ Yellow Sax up Chachhu route OR Tolegang to Rat lake etc etc.
19327 ✓ Pink Adenophora sand scree " " " " "
19328 ✓ Delphinium " " " " "
19332 ✓ P. umbratilis pale form " " " " "
19344 ✓ Potentilla coriacea Best from nala opp camp Darling where took photo.
19346 ✓ Prim. soldanelloides. Above Sokpum hut & beyond.

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Route-based notes list stages and passes from Kyikyi La and Yuto La through Tongsa, Tashiling, Chendebi, Ritang, Wangdupotrang, S'gang, and Hing Lai La, with instructions on seeds to collect. Plants noted include Rhod. ciliatum, Notholirion macrophyllum, Primula spp., Lil. nepalense, Lil. wallichianum, Clematis, Gaultheria, Streptopus, Smilacina, Buddleia, Codonopsis purpurea, Luculia Pinceana, Morina, and Adenophora, with site notes such as cliffs, passes, and landslides.

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Seed to be collected Tongsa Dz. to Ha.

Kyikyi La - Rhod. ciliatum ✓ Notholirion macrophyllum X Thalictrum sp. 19544 ✓
Yuto La. Clematis sp. Gaultheria Streptopus Smilacina. Buddleia about 2 m from Tongsa.
Tongsa - Tashiling. Codonopsis purpurea .19558. Lil. wall. 19559 / aff Primula 19561. White rose. red creeper. Luculia Pinceana. Ludlow's white tree.
Tashiling - Chendebi. aff Primula red ✓ Rhod. arboreum. P. haycockii ✓
Chendebi - Ritang. Lil. nepalense - Dicentra on cliffs 2 m above Chend. Adenophora on steep ground where lily was in '37.
✓ aff Primula on trees W of pass. Notholirion on rock with L. nepalense where first seen.
Ritang - Wangdupotrang. Small plant on cliff where landslide in 19579 Morina ✓ 19581. On pass Ritang side.
Ritang - S'gang. Lil. nepalense ✓
S'gang - W'trang. nil. ✓
W - Hing Lai La. Saccate tube? Thalictrum opp camp. Lil. wallichianum bulbs ✓
H.L.L. - T