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SUMMARY:
After heavy rain, the writer reached Damthang and rediscovered a striking blue Codonopsis near Hatö village, planning to mark plants for seed and corm collection. The next day they returned to Ha via Ha La, photographed Meconopsis habitat, and noted abundant Polygonum vacciniifolia. A remark notes that Tasho remains unmoved by commendable deeds in Bhutan.

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deserves the thanks of everyone in Bhutan for what he has done. It leaves Tasho unmoved. He hardly thinks of such things at all.

16th August Damthang. We left this morning after a night of very heavy rain, at 9.30 were in Damthang at 1.30. The only interesting thing which happened on the way was the finding again of the very lovely Codonopsis which I got in 1937 under 3568. This we failed to find near Paro where originally taken, & was very worried about it. But here - just below Hatö village - we found many plants, & should have no real difficulty in getting seed & corms fit in October. I will in any case have them marked with stakes. The flower is most beautiful, a bright vivid blue, & bigger than Codonopsis vinciflora. This is shown up well by a wine red ring 1/2" diam in the centre of the flower, & a rusty brown large globular stigma. Otherwise it is just like C vinciflora. If we get this introduced, it should be a great attraction at home. The corms or tubers are like potatoes, & can be as much as 2" long.

17th August. Return to Ha via Ha La. The day started well, after heavy rain at night, & B & I got up to the Ha La by 9.30 in drizzling rain. But when we reached the place where Mec. superba grows, between the two passes, the sun came out & we had one hour quite bright again. During this I took some habitat photos of the Mec., which of course is now in unripe fruit. It was very pretty up there, as flowers are still numerous. The most beautiful is certainly Polygonum vacciniifolia sprawling over rocks & forming huge clumps of bright rich pink.

SUMMARY:
Page lists plant photography and notes under B.W. 12, Dufaycolor 21, and Kodachrome 24 with dates in July and August 1949. Locations mentioned include Chendebi, Yutola, Halakyula, and the Wangdipotrang bridge, with notes of film sent on 31/7/49 and 21/8/49.

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B.W. 12.
1 Thalictrum chelidonii 19544. 2/8
2 Chorten at Chendebi. 4/8
3 Codonopsis vacciniifolia 19620 16/8.
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5 Polygonum vacciniifolia 19616 17/8
6
7 19617
8 Mec. superba. Halakyula. 17/8
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10 P. capitata v crispata 22/8.
11 Wangdipotrang bridge 25/8
12

Dufaycolor 21.
1 Streptopus simplex 22/7
2 Buddleia colvilei. "
3 Notholirion macrophyllum "
4 [Crossed out] Sent out No 20 31/7/49
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6

Dufaycolor 21.
1 Thalictrum chelidonii Yutola. 2/8
2
3 nil.
4 Polygonum vacciniifolia 19 17/8
5 Mec. superba. "
6 Not taken. 4 only. Sent Ha 21/8/49

Kodachrome No. 24.
Thalictrum diffusiflorum in sun at bursa. 22/7
Buddleia colv

SUMMARY:
List of seed collections with specimen numbers, taxa, collection localities, and dates from late August to early September. Sites include multiple passes and valleys; one Viburnum collection at Bumthang was brought by Ngudup.

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SEED COLLECTED (in addition to that mentioned in previous pages.)

18691 Prunus sp. white. Pangotang. 7.9.
18800 Clintonia alpina Chendebi 28.8
18972 (2) Sax. sp. cushion plant. Pangotang. 8.9. Toligang 10.9.
19052 Mec. sinuata. Pangotang. 9.9
19082 Rosa sp. red. Sharietang. 5.9.
19125 Salvia sp. d. blue Pangotang. 9.9
19151 (2) Corydalis or Fumaria sp. purplish. Pangotang. 7.9 + 9.9.
19270 Sax. stolonifera. Pangotang. 6.9
19280 (2) Streptopus simplex. Hinglai La 24.8 Yuto La 31.8.
19580 Dicentra yellow. Chendebi 28.8
19613 (4) Bryocarpum himalaicum. Chulai La 21.8. Shole La 27.8. Monle La 27.8. Chale La 28.8
19617 Mec. superba from press. Ha La 17.8
(2) 19632 Cotoneaster sp. Tsalimape. 23.8.
19642 (2) Iris (decora?) Hinglai La. 24.8.
19651 Raspberry red. Monle La. 26.8
19653 Berberis sp. Monle La. 27.8
19669 Gaultheria sp. Yuto La. 31.8
19693 Viburnum sp. "Pampashing" Bumthang 2.9. Brought by Ngudup.
19676 Schizandra sp.? Sharietang 5.9.
19677 Berberis sp. Sharietang 5.9.
19681 Bird Cherry. Sharietang 6.9.
19683 Berberis sp. red fruit. Shimitang 6.9
19687 Red Currant. Pangotang. 7.9
19691 Raspberry yellow. Pangotang. 7.9
19695 = 19126 Arabis small. Pangotang. 8.9
19697 = 19130 Arabis large pod. Pangotang. 8.9
19715 Polygonum fine spikes. Pangotang. 9.9.

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Notes daily bathing at a pond with dug-out canoes and an inspection of Kuth plantations, healthy in places but grub-damaged elsewhere. Records travel from Sharithang to Chumpithang, Gangtok, and Kalimpong, with Mec. superba common on the Ha La and Kin La and seed ripening noted. Stayed with Odling (where Morris was also staying), then continued via Calcutta to Srinagar; specimens collected total 660.

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about 40 yards x 15 yards & 4 ft deep. On this he has 8 dug-out canoes which we found great fun. All of us bathed, including Chuni, & we bathed every day, wet or fine. I went up & saw all but one of the Kuth plantations. Kuth was looking quite healthy in some places, but rather eaten by grubs in others.

26th Aug. Sharithang. Tobgye came up to near the Ha La with us, & left us in a very heavy storm. Reached Sharithang at 6.45 pm. On the Ha La & Kin La, & particularly between the two, Mec. superba is very common. Seeds just brown: should be ripe about the end of September.

27th August. Chumpithang. Fine till about 12:00, then rain the rest of the day.

28th Aug. Gangtok. Walked the 32 miles in 11 hours exactly, & Tobgye's mule with my kit came in with me. Rained very hard all day.

29th Aug. Kalimpong. Motored in to Kalimpong & stayed with Odling, where Morris was also staying. Left Kalimpong on 31st, arrived Calcutta 2nd Sept, & went on the same night, reaching Srinagar on 5th Sept in time for lunch.

Specimens collected 660.

SUMMARY:
Notes list specimens 5887–5906 with habitat and identification comments on several Primula species and Meconopsis integrifolia. It records that Taylor obtained P. rotundifolia further east and includes additional taxa such as Cyananthus, Pedicularis, Geranium, Cotoneaster, and Saxifraga.

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No. Taylor got rotundifolia further East.

5887 Primula Littledalei. This seems to have taken the place of 3892 (P. rotundifolia). It has much the same habitat, but does also grow out in the open on grassy ledges of the hillside. These taken from the lower altitude were in the mixed Abies rhododendron forest, which is quite unlike P. rotundifolia. They were growing just at the upper limit of P. Jaffreyana close to this. — at what I would suppose to be a very low altitude for a Rotundifolia primula.

5888. Primula hyacinthina. I don't know this form of P. bellidifolia. It has the thick farina on the back of the leaves like P. hyacinthina, but is a very small primula, much smaller than what I have seen of the latter. The usual height would be about 4"-5".

5889. Primula amabilis. I don't know this. The capsules look rather like a nivalid primula, but otherwise the plant does not. We were too late for any flowers.

5890 Primula rhodochroa. At first I thought of a dwarf kind of P. atrodentata, which it resembles in some ways. But flowers are nearly all single.

5891 Meconopsis integrifolia. Only seen growing in a very small area 50' x 50'. Flowers mostly over. There are many old scapes still standing in clumps, but the plant has old leaves at the base, just above the roots. The fresh flowers are a fine colour. Habitat is very similar to Mec. superba or Mec. Sherriffii.

Cyananthus lobatus 5893 Pedic. trichoglossa 5894 Ger. algeia x elwesii 5896 Cotoneaster nervosa 5899
" incanus v. leiocalyx 5901 " robusta 5900 " elliotii 5903
" filistyla 5906
Sax. melanocantra 5904
" signatella 5905