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SUMMARY:
Notes a letter from Tongue reporting that HW does not want Bruce Bakewell and reflections on Bruce’s forest plans. Records travel at 9000 ft along the Longte Chu to Sefu via the Richen Zampa and Richen Chu, with cultivation and wheat threshing observed, and abundant Lilium nepalense above Chendesi.

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Lil. nepalense 3339. 67

a letter from Tongue, in which he mentions that HW does not want Bruce Bakewell. I wonder what HW thinks of the forest plans worked out by Bruce. He cannot realize what he is missing if he does not show any enthusiasm. However it is his show. I cannot do any more than put up the whole thing as I see it to him.

9000ft. 1st July. To Sefu 8 miles. BP. 195.9° Temp. 67° Time 4.0pm. Ht.

Keep up the main Longte Chu for 4 miles. A valley then enters from 150° M, the river of which contains as much or more water than the Longte Chu. There is a bridge here called the Richen Zampa, the valley is called the Richen Chu. Follow up the left bank for 4 miles to Sefu, where a valley enters from the N. West. There is a good deal of cultivation here, the valley is wide and open on both sides. Crops of wheat were being threshed as we arrived. The most interesting flower today was Lilium nepalense, which was very common for the first 2 or 3 miles above Chendesi. It is a grand sight when full open, the tips of sepals and petals being reflexed, and showing the big deep red star inside the tube. Always growing on very steep rocky hillside, among bracken and other such plants. It

SUMMARY:
Page lists bulb and tuber collections by specimen number and species with counts, size notes, and shipments, including entries from Chachu La route and Tolegang. Several shipments are noted in late August and collections in September and October. The last six entries are bracketed with the initials J.H.H.

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BULBS COLLECTED.

19242 Notholirion hyacinthinum. Over 100 full size 75 small 2000? bulbils. Chachu La route 13/9
19070 Nomocharis nana 130 odd bulbs. Tolegang 10/9
19674 Codonopsis sp. nov. 14 tubers. Also 6 sent home 22.8.
19490 Lilium sp. nov. about 60 sent home 22.8. 430 collected 5/10.
19831 Lilium nepalense. About 75 big 50 small.
19846 Lilium wallichianum 47
19852 Lil. giganteum
[crossed out: Lil. nepalense v. concolor.]
19498 Notholirion macrophyllum. 12? sent home 22.8 About 150 bulbs 5/10.
19465 Corydalis white sent 22.8.
20956 Notholirion hyacinthinum pink. Bulbils sent 27/8.
19352 Lloydia sp.
19710 6 roots of Aconite. a fine big plant.
19727 Aconite. Dwarf 2"-4".
19497 Small yellow orchid.
21250 Pink orchid.
20956 Not. hyacinth.
20843 Lil. nep v concolor.
20846 Lil. Wallich.
21192 Lloydia yellow.
21199 Nom. nana
21270 Not. macrophyllum.

(The last six entries are bracketed with the initials J.H.H.)

SUMMARY:
The diarist receives supplies from H.H.'s man, then moves to Chendebi where they bathe and have clothes washed by Tenduk. Mail and wireless batteries arrive from Tobgye during a halt at Chendebi, and they then march to Tsanka amid heat, leeches, and flies, with few notable flowers. Notes include photography of Lil. nepalense and comparison of a large Primula with related species.

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morning, but clouded over very soon, and heavy rain started as soon as we reached camp at 1:00 p.m. Nothing new of interest, but the big Sikkimensis primula (P. alpina have 3353) found on the way up 3353, has grown bigger than ever, and appears to be very near P. florindae, or P. microdonta. Another man from H.H. arrived, bringing a maund of butter (!) and a maund of vegetables, which look most excellent.

16th July. To Chendebi. 8 miles. 7,500'
A fine morning, and fine down here, with a few showers most of the day. Had a very much needed bath on arrival, and got my clothes washed by Tenduk. Lil. nepalense is still very much in flower, and took some photos of it on the way down. Pretty hot here, and the flies perfectly beastly.

17th July. Chendebi Halt.
Wet night: fine in the morning and until 4:00 p.m. A small mail in from Tobgye, and the new batteries for the wireless.

18th July. Tsanka. 13 miles.
Just fine all the way, with rain later. Leeches and flies bad, and pretty hot. No flowers of any interest. Now begins the part I don't like. A pony was sent for me to ride, but I did not use it. Men have come here with tea and rations for us all. This will now happen every day I fear till we get

SUMMARY:
The diarist reports improved weather, collects many Lilium nepalense bulbs and seeds, and notes earlier seed loss of Morina on the Pelela. Pasang and Yundru return with valuable Primula and Lychnis collections, are paid, and depart for Bumthang; the party travels from Ritang to Samtegang and then to Wangdipotrang, noting road conditions and fine weather.

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17th Oct. Ritang. A perfect morning at last, but even so the clouds soon came up, and we are on the edge of very heavy rain this evening, but not in it. No sign up till 4.0 pm of Pasang and Yundru, which is a little worrying. We got good bulbs of Lilium nepalense this morning, taking about 75 big size and 50 small, besides lots of seed. Nearly all the seed of the fine Morina on the Pelela had been eaten. Have everything very well arranged this time — unlike when Betty and I were here last.

18th Oct. Samtegang. Three things happened all at once last night, and only a short time before dark. First a mail came in, with letters up to 27 Sept from home. Then Pasang and Yundru came in with their seeds and plants to be written up and packed. At the same time heavy rain came on and the roof was hopelessly full of holes. So we had a lively hour straightening things out. Pasang got all that was wanted — plants of Primula umbratilis var. alba, P. uniflora, P. baronesii alba and P. baronesii. Besides these he got seed of Lychnis wardii, P. umbratilis var. alba and a few other good things. Their trip was certainly worth while. I paid Yundru Rs 175/- and they were off to Bumthang this morning. We left at 6.0 and got in at 1.30, but the mule was not in till after 3.0. I don't think the new road is bad at all, and it seems rather shorter than the old road. We had no seed to collect today, and saw no flowers. This was the first day when there was no rain and there didn't look as if there would be rain, at any rate anywhere down here. Away to the north there were some big clouds, but I think even there it would be fine, and we have now got to the fine weather — as usual, on October 18th.

19th October Wangdipotrang. Fine again of course and very hot on the 3000 ft drop down here. There is a lot of Luculia gratissima out among

SUMMARY:
The party marches through dense forest near Rongang, noting many Primula mollis (first not in flower, then found flowering) but few other plants of interest, with capsules of a lily and some rhododendrons observed. Route discussions mention Nashina as not promising, Serdong La lacking nearby water, and Tiu as the best first halt, while Ngudup grows increasingly depressed about their plans.

CONTENT:
we were in. Then at about mile 5 the path levels off till just before reaching here it drops suddenly again. In the dense forest, both close to Rongang and in the very steep bit, there was any amount of the new primula 18806 (P. mollis), but again not in flower. Apart from that the march was very uninteresting. Poor Ngudup gets more and more depressed as he hears of where we are going and how long we will stay there. We still don't get very good information though. It seems Nashina would be much good, though the Serdong La might be good, but there is no water within miles of the pass. Tiu seems our best bet for the first halt.

4th May. Shambling. 6 miles. Very heavy rain all last night until just as we started. Fine but mist and cloud today. We found our primula in flower today (P. mollis 18816), very close to Rongang, and also just beside camp here. Otherwise nothing of interest seen - in fact these last two days have really been remarkable for the absence of flowers. There were, near the pass yesterday, capsules of a lily - either Lilium nepalense or L. nepalense var. concolor, and there were many Rhododendron virgatum and Rhododendron griffithianum. But today we really saw nothing at all. We can however, see the snows, not the main range, but a subsidiary running South. Today's road climbs for the first mile round a spur and

SUMMARY:
The party marches in persistent rain from Samtegang to Wangdipotrang and over Hinglai La to Tsalimape, with a halt day due to wet weather. They encounter an unprepared Ritang headman, receive a protracted visit from a local Dzongpon, and have slow coolies over the pass. Few flowers are seen, but seeds of Streptopus simplex, Vaccinium, and a Cotoneaster are collected; Lilium nepalense is noted as common.

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We hear Raja Dorji lost 160 cattle there lately.

6th August - Samtegang. Rain at night, rain and mist most of the way here. Nothing of interest on the way, except Lilium nepalense, which is fairly common, and in unripe seed just now. We took from 5:30 to 12:45, the longest march so far. The Ritang headman was no good. He was not ready for our arrival, had no wood or supplies, and then failed to have any coolies in the morning, and did not turn up himself. Samtegang was very different, everything there was ready and well done.

7th August - Wangdipotrang. Thick mist and rain - on the one day I thought we could certainly expect to be fine. But it cleared up later and was bright for a while. The local Dzongpon came and called and he caused us some consternation by staying for an hour and a half. At last I thought he was waiting for me to tell him he could go, so I got up and induced him to get up too. Then I led him out of the room and showed him the steps down. But not a bit - he led me through two other rooms and then said "Here you are - here is the lavatory." I told him I did not want that, and then reluctantly had to lead him back to our room, where Betty was very surprised to see him again. A pleasant, polite man, but very little use, one would think.

8th August - Halt. Wet all day.

9th August - Camp Hinglai La. Off at 5:15 in heavy rain. We reached the pass at 1:00 pm, and coolies not till 4:00 pm. They were very slow. Cleared up in the evening. Little of interest seen.

10th August - Tsalimape. A little over 3 hours. No flowers except one Pyrola. But we got very good seed of Streptopus simplex, and also of Vaccinium and a Cotoneaster. Here a very pleasant camp-fire.

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.

SUMMARY:
Notes list specimen numbers with plant names and localities, including Morina longifolia from Ritang and Lilium nepalense. Chendchi is also noted. A date of 15 Sept 1931 is recorded alongside Lilium nepalense.

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19579 ?? Chendchi 17/30
19581 Morina longifolia Ritang
15 Sept 19831 Lilium nepalense

SUMMARY:
The diarist reports fleas from bamboo mats, notes Lilium nepalense and collects fine Podocarpum seed while traveling from Kotakha across Suele La and Tsele La into the Phobsikha valley, then planning and taking the Chele La toward Rukusi and Chendesi amid disputes with coolies and route advice from locals. News arrives that Ludlow has sent Dawong back to Bumthang with a bad leg.

CONTENT:
Too many fleas in it, from the bamboo mats supplied by locals. Nothing of interest seen on the way, except we noticed that there are some Lilium nepalense, though not many. Kotakha is about 2½ miles beyond the Muele La, on the left bank of the wide valley. This valley here is called the Pausa Chu, and the headman says that lower down it is called the Biameshu Chu, which is marked on the map.

27th August. Issa in Phobsikha valley. Very heavy rain last night, but it was to a clear sky at last that we woke up, and set off at 5.0 am. It remained fine except for some showers till the evening. This is the first sun we have seen since I left Betty at 10.30 on the Hala-Kyu La. The ascent to the Suele La was easy in climbs, but the wind was really awful and very difficult to deal with. The pass is about 10500-11000' and about 5 miles from Kotakha. Descent easy into another broad open valley. Path skirts the top of this, keeping up pretty well. It then climbs easily again to the Tsele La at about mile 10. It is again about 11000'. Descent into the Phobsikha valley not very steep, and path comes down half way between Phobsikha and Gonte Gompa. I could not find where we were supposed to go. We had been told Gonte, but coolies insisted in coming here. The locals want us to go over the pass north of Gonte, which would mean we could not reach Chendesi tomorrow. I have refused to go that way, and we will go over another pass, the Chele La to Rukusi. Got very fine seed of Podocarpum today. No flowers at all.

28th August Chendesi - I got in at 1.0, but Tupden had to stay for one miserable coolie who did not turn up and is very late. He had to change twice, once only 3 miles away, and again at Rukusi. The pass, the Chele La, about 12000', was not bad at all, but the path this side is very poor. No news from Ludlow, but it seems he has had to send Dawong back to Bumthang with a very bad leg. He is

SUMMARY:
Describes Wangdu Potrang above the Punaka river and the Tso Kang Nang, including an etymology of 'Wangdi potrang'. Records a halt at Wangdupotrang with a sighting of wild dogs, then marches to Samtengang and Ridang via Tsarza La and Tangchu in heavy rain, with notes on altitudes and plant collections.

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Wangdu Potrang is picturesque perched on a cliff 400' above the left bank of the Punaka river.

Tso Kang Nang. This is a big unfordable snow water river, & is spanned by a well made cantilever bridge, of two spans at Wangdupotrang. The origin of the name is interesting. An old Shabdrung came here many years ago, & found a child making mud castles. The child's name was Wangdi who told the Shabdrung he was making a palace (potrang). When the Shabdrung built a Dzong here, he called the place Wangdi potrang or Wangdi's palace. The view this morning from Lomitsawa to the mist covered hills in the South was lovely. We don't like the heat of 4000' here a bit, but there is at least a breeze.

2nd. Halt at Wangdupotrang. Went out in the afternoon for three hours. Saw a pack of 15 wild dogs, but could not shoot any as I only had the .410 with me.

3rd July. To SAMTENGANG. 8 miles. 7100'. A very short march up hill, thank goodness, to a pleasant camp on a hill top among pinus longifolia. Rain after 1.0pm.
Luculia gratissima 216
Rhod. maddenii 218
Lil. nepalense 223
Cladrastis sinensis 224

4th July. To RIDANG (RIDA). 14 miles. 8175'. A very hard day for the coolies. Road first led up to the Tsarza La (9125') then steeply down a clay path to the Tangchu at 6500', & again up to camp. It rained hard all day, & we were never out of the mist, so had no views of the country. The Rain made the clay paths very bad indeed, & all coolies must have fallen several times. In spite of bad weather we did well with the flowers & birds, but luck was not in till
Lilium nepalense. cream with blood red centre