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SUMMARY:
Observations include mass flowering of Primula whitei around 14,000 ft and a pale yellow Sikkimensis-type primula likely from hybridisation. On 10 June the party halted, marked several Primula populations, recorded Primula vernicosa as a notable westward occurrence, kept busy drying specimens, and planned to return to Phobjikha via the Pele La Range towards Chendebi while collecting a few Rhododendron variants.

CONTENT:
P. flagellaris 3231.
Lloydia serotina 3232 Cypripedium tibeticum 3233

It has up to 4 flowers on a scape of 3" on pedicels of 3/4". At about 14000 or a little over P. whitei was in flower in masses still, & the flowers were on the whole bigger than low altitude, early ones. Among a mass of P. Hopeana 3227, I saw a few plants of a Sikkimensis primula coloured pale yellow, tinged with pink 3228. This presumably is the result of hybridisation. We have so far seen no P. sikkimensis, nor of P. Waltoni.

10th June. Halt. - Rained most of the night, but fine & overcast nearly all today. I have marked with 12 stakes the new little petiolaris primula 3192, & today marked the var. of P. Griffithii 3205 & P. umbratilis 3213. We came across P. vernicosa today, No 3240.

As far as I know this has never been recorded from nearly so far west as this; in fact I don't think it is recorded as occurring outside SE Tibet. It is no beauty, but interesting. We all took it easy today after a climb to the top of the ridge. We got back by 11.30 & stayed in camp. Tsongpen has little rest though, as flowers will not dry in this humid atmosphere, & he has about 200 still being changed. A few variations in Rhododendron completed the bag. We now move on back to Phobjikha, but will go a new route over the Pele La Range towards Chendebi.

Rhod. fulgens 3239. R. campanulatum 3243, R. campan. var. aeruginosum 3244

SUMMARY:
List of plants noted and photographed in mid–late June, including Primula, Meconopsis, Diapensia, Sorbus, Cypripedium, with brief habitat notes (near pass, lake at pass, on cliff). Entries detail frames on Dufaycolor 15–16 and Kodachrome 16, with shipments of Dufaycolor 13–15 and Kodachrome 14–16 sent on 30/06/1949.

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B.W. 8.
1 Primula caveana. 18/6
2 " macrophylla & macrocarpa 18/6
3 Meconopsis simplicifolia & snows near pass 20/6
4 " " sp. strumosa. 20/6
5 " " & lake at pass. 20/6
6 Primula bellidifolia 21/6
7 Diapensia himalaicum. 22/6
8 Primula sapphirina 23/6
9 Primula caveana. 25/6
10 Primula pusilla ?? close 25/6
11 Sorbus 19235 26/6
12 Primula bellidifolia 27/6

Dufaycolor 15
1 Diapensia himalaicum 22/6
2 Meconopsis horridula "
3 Primula sapphirina 23/6
4 Primula caveana 25/6
5 } Sorbus urania? 19235.
6 }

D. 13, 14, 15 sent 30.6.49

Dufaycolor 16
1 Primula bellidifolia 27/6
2 Cypripedium tibeticum "
3 Primula umbratilis "
(Sent in batch 15)
4
5
6

Kodachrome 16.
Diapensia himalaicum. 22/6
(some blanks, stuck film)
Meconopsis horridula 22/6
Primula caveana 2 shots 25/6
Meconopsis simplicifolia & Rhododendron anthopogon 25/6
Primula umbratilis on cliff. 27/6

Kodachrome 14, 15, 16 sent 30.6.49

SUMMARY:
Seed collecting was limited by pests and grazing yaks; noted species include P. elongata, Arabis, Gueldenstaedtia, Cypripedium tibeticum, Sorbus ursina, and an Aconite bulbifera with bulbils in leaf axils. After rain and colder weather, the party planned to go to the pass; on 20th September they halted, dug roots of P. strumosa, photographed Gentiana veitchiorum, and admired a green lake below the pass with snowy peaks.

CONTENT:
can be everywhere at once. We got very little today - some P. elongata, an Arabis, Gueldenstaedtia not quite ripe, Cypripedium tibeticum ditto. Sorbus ursina up here has masses of fruit. From about 500-600 fruit taken I am keeping 11 only. The rest all have a small caterpillar in them, & some of the 11 may have also. Otherwise too, seed is difficult here. If the plant grows on a cliff, one can get seed; if not the yaks eat it. P. elongata has been eaten in a place there was masses, & all we got was what remained on a cliff. The most interesting thing today was an Aconite bulbifera 19752, taken once before, which has bulbils in the leaf axils. I did not know this happened in aconites before, & certainly have seen it in no other species than this one. Very heavy rain last night again & when we left today, but it has been mostly fine today, but with little or no sun. We mean to go up to the pass tomorrow unless weather very bad. It has got very much colder up here now.

20th September. Halt. After a lot of rain at night & a thick mist in the morning, this turned out to be a lovely day, one on which we could well have gone up to the Mula Karchung La. But we stopped on the way several times to get roots of P. strumosa, & to take photos of Gentiana Veitchiorum, which with a nice sunny day, were at their very best. Even the yaks cannot dispose of all of them, though they do their best. For that reason, one finds banks which are undercut and safe to walk on, have the finest show of this Gentian - yaks don't go there to graze. The lake below the pass was beautiful indeed. It is green, & the snows behind with a blue sky make a wonderful setting. I tried to get some Gentians as a foreground to

SUMMARY:
The route descends through jungle fir forest toward Podzo Sumdo, where a large valley leads to the Bimbi La. The page lists plant specimens collected, including Berberis, Rhododendron, Viburnum, Paraquilegia, Meconopsis, Cypripedium, and Podophyllum with collection numbers.

CONTENT:
L. 96. track leads gradually
downwards through jungle fir forest
until within a mile of Podzo Sumdo
when it falls more quickly. Large valley
comes in at Podzo Sumdo which
leads to the Bimbi La.

Conrosgongkhana - Podzo Sumdo.
21 May.
sp. nov? Berberis leidiari 1626
sp. nov. Rhod. miniatum 1627
" campylocarpum 1628
sp. nov. " erosum 1629
" pumilum 1634
sp. nov. " tsariense 1636
Viburnum cordifolium 1631
Paraquilegia anemonoides 1632
Meconopsis simplicifolia 1637
Cypripedium tibeticum 1638
Podophyllum sikkimense 1640

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.

CONTENT:
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:
Notes of photographic shots on Kodachrome and Dufaycolor reels record subjects including blood pheasant, monal, and various Primula, Meconopsis, and Cypripedium, with locations such as Lobsang la, Kanta punsum, Gormotangha monastery, and Samptang. One shot mentions Ngudup with drokpas in the foreground. Reels 11–13 were sent on 15/06/1949.

CONTENT:
Kodachrome 12 Dufaycolor 11
Shots at ♀ blood pheasant. 7/6 1 Prim. alpicola v. luna. 4/6
P. calderiana yaks. 8/6 2 - - - "
Lobsang la to Kanta punsum 8/6 3 Rhod. thomsonii 19046 "
Chomby ditto telephoto " 4 Gormotangha monastery 5/6
Ditto with Ngudup & drokpas in foreground. " 5 Mec. sinuata "
Anemone narcissiflora. 8/6 6 - - - "
Lloydia serotina. "

Dufaycolor 12
1 Primula glabra. Lobsang la 8/6
2 " macrophylla. no filter 10/6
3 " " " 10/6
4 P. reticulata. 19108 13/6
5 Cypripedium tibeticum 19123 14/6
6 P. umbratilis 19128 14/6

Kodachrome 13 Dufaycolor 13
Primula macrophylla by stream 10/6 1
Mec. simplicifolia. (ov.) 10/6 2
Blood pheasant. telephoto 10/6 3 Dufay 11 & 12
Monal ♂'s 2 shots. (tele.) 12/6 4 Sent 15/6/49
Cypripedium tibeticum. 19123 14/6 5
Up valley from Samptang. 6
5 ft. lens.

11.12.13.
Sent. 15-6-49

SUMMARY:
Page records photographic notes using Dufaycolor and Kodachrome films for subjects including Primula caveana, P. umbratilis, Cassiope, Rhododendron setosum, and Meconopsis simplicifolia. Locations mentioned include Menla-harchu La and areas above it, including a lake. Entries are dated through mid to late June.

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B.W. 7. Dufaycolor 13
1 P. macrophylla 10/6 1 P. Caveana no filter 16/6
2 P. involucrata 19090 10/6 2 P. Caveana habitat 16/6
3 P. reticulata 19108 13/6 3 P. Caveana closer 19144 16/6
4 Cypripedium tibeticum 19123 14/6 4 P. tenuiloba 19167 16/6
5 Prim. umbratilis 19128 14/6. 5 P. umbratilis 19183 18/6
6 Nomocharis nana 14/6 6 Cassiope 19095 18/6
7 P. Caveana. moved? 19144 16/6
8 P. Caveana habitat v.g. 16/6 Dufaycolor 14
9 P. Caveana closer 16/6 1 Cassiope & Rhod. setosum & Nomocharis 19/6
10 P. tenuiloba 19167 16/6 2 R. setosum. R. anthopogon & R. aeruginosum 19/6
11 P. umbratilis 19183 18/6 3 Mec. simplicifolia or P. strumosa 19204 20/6
12 Cassiope 19095 18/6 4 Mec. simplicifolia or P. strumosa 19204 20/6
5 Mec. simp. Lake at Menla-harchu La 20/6
Kodachrome CS. 14. 6 Mec. simp. Lake at Menla-harchu La 20/6
Prim. Caveana. behind. bad. 16/6. 7 Prim. bellidifolia 21/6
Rest would not turn. 8 Small purple pea 1"-2" 18992 21/6

Kodachrome 15.
P. umbratilis 1/2 speed 19183 18/6.
Cassiope 19095 18/6
P. Caveana 19144 18/6
P. macrophylla v macrocarpa -
Mec. simplicifolia above Menla-harchu 20/6.
Mec. simplicifolia or P. strumosa 19204 20/6

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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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:
List of plants to collect seed from in the Pangotang area, with specimen numbers and locality notes such as cliffs opposite camp, beyond the fir zone, and near Tolegang and the first drogpa. Mentions taxa including Primula, Cypripedium, Saxifraga, Androsace, Meconopsis, Salvia, Potentilla, and others.

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Plants to get seed from Pangotang See also later list.

18946 P. barnardiana. cliff 1/2 m below Pangotang
18948 Cassiope
18955 P. elongata. 1 m above camp main river
18957 P. atrodentata
X 18963-5 Legume. to E beyond fir zone
V 18970 Cypripedium tibeticum. below cliff opp. camp.
18972 Saxifraga yellow cushion below cliff opp. camp.
18973 Daphne opp. camp.
V 18974 Androsace below cliff opp camp.
18977 Aster.
V 18995 Meconopsis simplicifolia
V 19009 Primula macrophylla roots.
19011 Primula glabra
V 19021 Salvia Tolegang beyond 1st drogpa & up cliff opp camp.
X 19027 Potentilla. a good one just before Tolegang 150
19030 P. hopeana a good one just before Tolegang
V 18992 small purple pea 2" high.

SUMMARY:
Page lists Primula and other plant specimens with numbers. The 'ROOTS COLLECTED' section records species with day-month dates in September and October, notes such as 'NOT TO BE DIVIDED' and 'ONLY TWO PLANTS', and that Sorbus ursina seed was eaten by caterpillars.

CONTENT:
19836 Primula uniflora.
(2) 19835 " tsariensis (alba).
(3) 19832 " umbratilis (alba).
19842 " tsariensis.

ROOTS COLLECTED.

19309 Androsace white, large cushions. 13.9.
19330 P. Waddellii. 9.9.
19167 P. tenuiloba
19750 (2) P. macrophylla. 16.9.
19235 Sorbus ursina. 19.9. All seed eaten by caterpillars.
19757 Primula strumosa 20.9.
19226 Prim. Caveana white. 21.9
19766 " Caveana. "
19764 Alardia woolly blue violet. "
19767 P. concinna. "
19768 A P. Calderiana x strumosa hybrid blue 22.9 }
B " " " " " } To one place, see for report.
C " " white with dark eye " }
19771 Aconitum sp. v fine. 23.9.
19146 Diapensia himalaica "
19712 Prim. macrophylla v macrocarpa "
19123 Cypripedium tibeticum. 25.9.
19366 Androsace small 4" pink 26/9.
2 19777 = 19378 P. jonardunii. 27/9
19373 P. Waddellii. "
19404 Androsace globifera. 28/9.
19420 Prim. sonchifolia. 29/9.
19128 " umbratilis 30/9 (number not put on).
19716 Alardia wine red. 1/10. NOT TO BE DIVIDED.
19721 Gent. aff amoena 1/10 ONLY TWO PLANTS

19804. Prim. pusilla 3/10
       19544 Thalictrum chelidonii. 13/10
       19574 Prim. flagellaris. 16/10