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SUMMARY:
The writer lists several plant specimens and reports poor botanical results around the Nyang Sang La–Tse La ridge, with Ludlow’s northern reconnaissance similarly unproductive. They decide to move toward a snow mountain west of Nyuri or to Lujuthang, having slaughtered a yak and now needing extra yaks to carry the meat, and note high surrounding peaks and relatively dry conditions.

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Lap - 28th July.
Mec. lancifolia var. concinna 728
Aconitum fletcherianum 729
Mec. glabra 734
Gentiana tubiflora 735
Pedicularis trichoglossa 736
Potentilla eriocarpa 737

In July and first half August, there should, one would be flowers all over the place. Flowers there are, but more of the Tibetan type than we want. The Nyang Sang La - Tse La range seems to form more of a barrier than we had expected. It was this ridge which we had expected would make the area so particularly good. Anyway we are wrong. I was out all yesterday, going over the ridge, and a little down the Lohpa side, but there was nothing of any interest at all. Ludlow went up to the North, with the same result. There are Tibetan potentillas, and even some grammopetala, a sure sign that we are in the wrong area. One morning we had a clear hour or two, and saw a snow mountain away to the West of Nyuri, and to there we have now decided to go. It is either there or to Lujuthang, and of the two that seems the more hopeful. We bought a yak up here for Rs 18/- and halaled it yesterday, thinking we should be here for a while. Now we need two extra yaks to carry its meat back with us!

Decided lap 6/7

This valley is rather a queer place. At its head are peaks of over 20,000', up to 23,000 odd. I saw some of them yesterday. But they seem not to get a great deal of rain. Yesterday evening we saw an extraordinary sight. The weather in the valley had

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Sh. Aug. Prim. tenuiloba 395. Prim. pygmaeana of rev. 397. Prim. macrophylla 400. Prim. dickieana 401.
Prim. calderiana 412. Gentiana tubiflora 398, Gent. infelix 399. Diapensia himalaica v. typica 403,
Draba stella-aurea var. polyadena 406. Cyananthus spathulifolius 408, Sax. hispidula 410
Notholirion bulbuliferum 411. Cremanthodium thomsonii 414.
Time for heavy rain vs thunderstorm.
at Shingbe

5th August. I went up myself to a spot close to the Meba & took the flower photographing app. with me, & there collected & photographed 12 species. Before leaving camp, took a further eight. Then home & spent till 6.0 pm developing - a good 12 hours work. Heavy rain in the evening. There are some Tibetans here, whose remarks about my flower photography are amusing. They told our men, that it had rained hard till we came here, but that I was like a lama, & with my box of tricks was putting off the rain. They also thought the reason we were collecting butterflies was to take home & make new dyes for our clothes. The present dirtiness of our clothes may have warranted this remark.

at Shingbe
6th Aug. Fine from 6.0 am till 12.0 noon. Went up towards the Meba, & wandered about the hillside. I climbed up a rocky hill & found snow cock, but failed to shoot any. The day was completely spoilt for me by my discovering that Damong has been very lazy & has not been changing the drying paper. He has made an awful mess of all the fine flowers collected here. I haven't had time to check him, & he has taken advantage of that. It is a great disappointment to me. I thought he was a better man than that. I photographed a little Tibetan girl who is up here with some yakherds from Tibet. She is a pretty little thing,

Prim. capitata subsp. crispata 451
Aconitum 452 (aff. leucanthum)

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Mago 2 Aug
Primula stictocana 751
Gentiana tubiflora 752
Gentiana phyllocalyx 753
Geranium collinum 754
Primula bryophila 801
Primula macrophylla 802
Primula pusilla 803
Lonicera parvifolia 805
Primula bella 806

with us, a few questions. He is a good sort, willing and able to give information about the country etc. etc. He hesitated to answer, and the others were heard to tell him not to tell us the names of camps and passes. Why, I cannot imagine. However he came back and whispered the names later, at the same time asking me not to say he had told me, when we returned to Mago. Leaving camp, there is a stiff climb of 500 ft up the nala bed. Then a more or less horizontal yak path is met and followed south. It is quite good and perfectly easy, gradually climbing to the DEBONG LA in 2 (Approx 14,500'). Thence down to BULUNG, a place used by yak herds on occasion. There is an empty hut here, and a small lake, quite a good camping site. (in 3 1/2). Beyond this the path again climbs fairly steeply to the CHIGUP LA, (same approx height). Descent easy over open grassland to a small plain called CHIGUP NAGA, where there

SUMMARY:
Page lists plant collections with specimen numbers from Takar La on 15 Aug and additional Gentiana records from Sur La in the Phari-Kyirong-da area in 1933. Mentions Ludlow and Sherriff.

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aka to Ludlow & Sherriff.
Phari-Kyirong-da in 1933

Takar La 15 Aug
Swertia handelii sp. nov. 2062
Gen. namlaensis 2063, 2064
otophoroides 2073
taylori 2074
Cyananthus lobatus 2084
Prim. sikkimensis 2065, 2077, 2078
tsariensis 2067, 2081
odontica sp. nov. 2068
glabra 2070
ioessa 2071
cawdoriana 2072
ioessa subpinnatifida 2075

Sur La
Gentiana
G. rubicunda v.
parviflora 2050
tubiflora 2051
filistyla v.
parviflora 2052
infelix 2053
namlaensis 2054
tsarongensis 2055
przewalskii 2056
taylori sp. nov. 2057

SUMMARY:
Page lists numbered plant collections with taxa and brief notes, recorded at multiple sites including Chendebi, Ritang, Thampela, Rinta tso, Orila tso, Busa, Maruthang, Tsalimape, Hein Laiza, Kyikyi La, Pelela Pass, Ha, and Chela La. Entries are dated between 13 and 25 October 1949.

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19579 ?? Chendebi 17/10
165 19581 Morina fine Chendebi 17/10
150+ 19831 Lilium nepalense Chendebi 17/10
19832 Primula umbratilis var. alba Ritang 17.10.
19833 Lychnis wardii Thampela 17.10.
19834 Pedicularis sp. Rinta tso 17.10.
170 19835 Primula tsariensis var. alba Orila tso 17.10.
19836 Primula uniflora Orila tso 17.10.
19837 Gentiana tubiflora Thampela 17.10.
19838 Codonopsis sp. (red) Thampela 17.10.
19839 Codonopsis white Orila tso 17.10.
175 19840 Meconopsis villosa Busa 17.10.
19841 Geranium sp. large flower Maruthang 17.10.
19544 Thalictrum chelidonii Maruthang 17.10.
19582 Shrub? Ritang 18/10 many colored
19075 Philadelphus sp. Chendebi 17.10.49
180 19518 Astilbe sp. pink Tsalimape 21.10.
19544 Thalictrum chelidonii Hein Laiza 21.10.
(4) 19590 Clematis small red Hein Laiza 21.10.
(2) 19573 Anemone sp. (japonica) Tsalimape 22.10.
(2) 19535 Clematis sp. big flowered Kyikyi La 13.10.
185 19266 Briggsia sp? yellow. On tree trunks. Ritang 17.10.
19586 Morina fine Pelela Pass 23.10.
19620 Codonopsis sp. Pelela Pass 23.10.
19629 ? Tall white like Astilbe Pelela Pass 23.10.
19620 Codonopsis sp. Ha 25.10.49
190 19626 Sedum sp. pink Chela La 24.10.