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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:
Halt at Cheenchar with afternoon seed collecting of Meconopsis simplicifolia and Fritillaria cirrhosa after rain cleared. Heavy rain during the march to camp below Podzo Sumdo, with local rumors recounted and few new flowers noted aside from a large-leaved Thalictrum chelidonii.

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which is in full flower about 15000', but last year's capsules are full of seed which is perfectly good as some was germinating in the capsule.

24th August. Halt. Cheenchar. Stayed in camp till the evening, when Ludlow & I went for a wander for a couple of hours, found seed of Meconopsis simplicifolia 16113 & of Fritillaria cirrhosa 16111 ripe & collected a good deal. Fine rain most of the day, but at 2.0 it suddenly cleared up & was beautiful till about 4.30 or 5.0 pm.

25th August. Camp below Podzo Sumdo. 9 m. 10500'. Rained very hard all last night, & practically all today. When the local head man came yesterday I heard some stories about myself. One was that when on the 'kingkor' I had a woman with me. She was shut up in a box during the day & only produced at night. At Sanga Choling we apparently had some extraordinary gift of making small babies. This was run down to my having blown up a balloon for a kid to play with. Few new flowers seen today. One is a beautiful Thalictrum chelidonii 2496, different to the one taken before, which seemed to be T. chelidonii. This one has very much bigger leaves, but the flower is the same and very pretty. It is common between Podzo Sumdo & Yarap, & down here less common. Another was a

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.

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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.

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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.

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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:
Notes from Kucha La and nearby valleys describe poor flowering despite promising terrain, with common Primula (including Dryadifolia/tsangensis and nivalid forms) and several Meconopsis. Weather shifts from clear to mist, rain, and thunder lead to a move back to Kulu Lungma; wildlife seen or reported include lerwa with young, Heteroxenicus stellatus, bear tracks and cubs, deer, and possible wild cattle. A hypsometer reading near the Go nyi re ridge suggests an elevation around 15,800 ft.

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Kucha La

over a good bit of the hill to the E of the Pass saw nothing new. The nivalid primula is fairly common but over. The Dryadifolia one is also here & P. jonardunii (Dryadifolia). Little else. We move by N of the range tomorrow. I see clouds again rushing up from the S west over the hills, that the good spell must be about over now. It has been lovely weather.

Kucha La
25th July. Halt. Fairly clear for an hour or two in the morning, then mist over everything. We were back by 3.0pm, it cleared up after rain & thunder by 4.0pm. Although the country looks perfectly wonderful for flowers, it is very poor indeed, there is no point in stopping longer, so we go back to Kulu Lungma tomorrow & try there. Prim. Dryadifolia (P. tsangensis) of the Tsanangha 5865 (= 5931) & also the nivalid primula 5872 (P. calliantha), no longer in flower, are both common; P. chamaethauma also (no flower) but no P. valentiniana or others expected here. P. jonardunii (Dryadifolia) is also common. Mec. betonicifolia at camp abounds, & a rather poor coloured M. simplicifolia, M. horridula & M. sinuata (speciosa) (5940). I saw many lerwa today, with young just able to fly. Also Heteroxenicus stellatus near the Tsanangha, also with young, about the top limit of abies zone.

Kulu Phu Chu
26th July. Kulu Lungma. 6 1/2 miles. Rain at night, mostly fine today, with bright intervals. Went up the Kucha La first thing to take the height. We looked about there a little, but there is nothing but a little P. valentiniana & some P. nivalis sect. in seed. So we came on here, will work this area for a couple of days as perhaps there is good. We saw fresh tracks of bear this morning, the coolies saw two young bear the day we arrived. Much deer also pretty common. The coolies also said they saw some kind of wild cattle near the Kucha La - not yaks of course. I don't know what they would be.

27th July. Halt. Fine all day, but clouded, with bright intervals. We went off at 5.45 & came back at 4.0pm, up the ridge to the North of the valley. It is a continuation of the Go nyi re ridge, so we thought it might be good. And it is not bad. I took a hypsometer reading about 400 ft from the extreme top of the ridge, BP 186.2 T. 57. at 2.0pm., giving an approx ht of 14800, which puts the ridge at 15800', so we climbed about 4500' today. We are too late for the primulas of the semi dry (dry winter wet summer) zone. The little dwarf nivalid (P. amabilis?), 5889, primula is common, we found one solitary flower, from which I would certainly say it is nivalid. We also found a little more of

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Describes a clear day with a sudden late storm during an excursion to a lake below a pass, noting Meconopsis simplicifolia and the first yellow Cyananthus, with riding up and walking back. On 21 June a halt day was used to dry plants and do chores; the area is considered late and not very prolific compared with Central Bhutan in 1937, and there is an intention to try for the head of the Trongsa Chu from Haibung.

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two hours, we had bright sun all the day until just before setting in at 4.0 pm, when a very sudden storm came up over us pretty well. The snow range was absolutely clear & very fine too. I would like to have gone on, but knew I'd be too tired in coming back, so we only went to the lake, which I would think to be 2 1/2 miles short of the pass. Meconopsis simplicifolia up there is a much finer plant than lower down, worth getting seed of. We found the first of the Cyananthus today - a yellow one. Otherwise there really was remarkably little to be seen, but the day was thoroughly enjoyable. I rode most of the way up, except up the steep bit back to the cliffs, & walked all the way home.

21st June Halt. Another fine day, not as good as yesterday, but still a dry day. I was glad, as we have our presses all full, & needed these two days to get some plants dry & out of the presses. So we all stayed in today, & did odd jobs, & washing & so on. Tomorrow we must make an effort again, as these last two days have produced very little really. This place is late - in fact all this area seems late. I don't think it is very prolific either. Perhaps one always thinks that, but it certainly is not so good as the area visited in Central Bhutan in 1937. I want to try to get to the head of the Trongsa Chu sometime - from Haibung,

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At Langong, the diarist records collecting several Primula and other alpine plants, observing a new warbler (P. tibetanus), and noting marmots and lingering snow. A clutch of Crossoptilon eggs and a blood pheasant egg are obtained; the gyimpon arrives and promises coolies, and plans are made to explore valleys between Pa La and Lo La before visiting the Pachakshiri Loba.

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Langong

depressed, but then we saw P. bariensis, and knew that there would be other things as well. For a change, the second time only, I did not take a gun, and of course saw the new warbler P. tibetanus. There were two of them, in juniper scrub, just as on the Bimbi La. Of interesting things, we saw Mec. simplicifolia - and I particularly examined the filaments, which were white. Then Tsonypon brought in a primula, which I think must be P. chamaethauma 3893 (P. chionantha 3893). Then P. macrophylla 3894, 3895 (P. macrophylla var. macrocarpa 3895) was seen. Then over a ridge we found in almost full flower that delightfully pretty - and fragrant - P. rotundifolia. On the whole a good day. There are many marmots running about, now the snow is off the ground. The actual pass is probably still covered with snow, as there were huge drifts a good deal lower than the highest we went, on the North faces. I heard on return that one man had already found a nest of Crossoptilon, but he has not brought the eggs yet.

29th May. Halt. Langong. Fine most of the day, but clouded and showery. Started in the morning about at 11.00 a.m. Saw nothing much. In fact there is remarkably little in the valley. Collected Primula yargongensis 3914. Our offer for eggs is doing well. Today got a clutch of seven eggs of Crossoptilon, nest on the ground in a bush. Later on a man came in with one blood pheasant's egg, and will see the nest tomorrow. The eggs were very difficult to blow, having chicks inside. (P. dryadifolia 3917, Rhododendron v. microstoma 3918, Ranunculus 3919, 3923, Primula 3925, Gal. nambanensis 3920, Corydalis 3921, 3922, Lonicera litangensis 3926).

30th May. Halt. Langong. Mostly fine in Langong, but rain mist on the hills all day. I went up the valley immediately North of Langong village, running parallel to the Tscha valley. There is nothing in any of these valleys till one gets to 13,500 feet or so. Then primulas appear. This is a fine valley, with a good sized lake at about 13,500 feet above which there is a fine waterfall. But flowers are few and far between, and I think we are really too early yet. The gyimpon has arrived, seems very helpful and friendly. He wants to go off for 8 days, but has promised coolies all I want in the meantime. My plans are to stay here two more days, and then go West, up a valley which lies between the Pa La and Lo La routes. Stay there four days and return here for two before going off to the Pachakshiri Loba on the 9th, for a week. That will take up all the time I can spare in this area. Everything here seems to be late. Snow lies pretty thick on the hills yet, and nearly all passes are shut. Tsari Sama - known generally as Tsari Sarpa, "the new Tsari" is not

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Rainy halt days in Langong with a meeting with the gyimpon, who arranges coolies and discusses routes via Lo La, Trashigong, and the Tsari Sama pilgrimage, with notes on the difficult Migyitun road over the Potsang La. The party moves to a camp by the upper bridge over the Langong Chu, collects plants (including Meconopsis), struggles with midges and slow coolies, and then reaches above Singo Samba where a bridge’s planks appear to have been removed.

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9th June. Halt. Langong. Rain most of the night, rain today. This is the first day there has been no wind in Langong. The gyimpon came to call, we had a long talk. He is ordering coolies for all I want, which now is to go to the Lo La, stay there 5 or 6 days, come back to the lowest bridge and then do the Tsari Sama pilgrimage. This is not as I had thought, a longish circle, coming back by the Chumbumbu La, but only a small one from Trashigong back to Trashigong, which can, with difficulty, be made in a day. We should take four days from bridge to bridge. It sounds quite promising. Rations for coolies may be a little difficult. The gyimpon tells me the Migyitun road is possible, but very difficult, over the Potsang La, would take three days. This is what I heard in Migyitun. I hope we may go there in Oct.-Nov. Langong is covered with snow from the Tibetan 10th to 3rd months, even the rivers being covered over. In Langong village, on the south side of the valley, he says they don't have much more than one foot of snow in a fall.

10th June. Halt. Langong. Heavy rain last night. Clouded, with showers all day. We went down the left bank under the cliffs, found flowers there had come on a lot, got quite a good haul, but nothing of outstanding interest. Coolies all promised for tomorrow morning.

11th June. To Camp at upper bridge over Langong Chu. 10 miles. Wet night, but mostly fine today till 3.0 p.m. A disappointing day. I had hoped to find much more out, but really there is little change down here since we came up. Meconopsis betonicifolia is very common, and I still think is a poor flower, beaten easily by Meconopsis simplicifolia, and most of the others. Midges very bad all day, making walking no rest at all. Coolies very slow, but quite a cheery, pleasant crowd, much more so than the Molo people.

12th June. Camp 3 miles above Singo Samba. Wet night and a very wet day. A bad day in all ways. Although most of the Langong people seem nice, especially the gyimpon, there are some nasty bits of work. And we seem to have struck them. I went on ahead today and reached Singo Samba by 9.0 a.m. There was no bridge there. Someone has lifted the two big planks and let them go down the river. There can be no other explanation; I am quite positive it was done by...

SUMMARY:
Seed collection list from Meda with specimen numbers, including multiple entries dated Oct 4 and a page heading of Oct 5. Species listed include various Lonicera, Primula, Meconopsis, and Gentiana.

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Meda Oct 5 Seeds

Lonicera glabrata 1009, Oct 4
Thalictrum cultratum 1010 Oct 4
Geranium refractum 1011 Oct 4
Primula dickieana 1012 Oct 4
Berberis himalaica 1013 - typ.
Halenia elliptica 1014
Gentiana elwesii 1015
Delphinium elatum 1016
Gentiana elwesii 1017
Lonicera tomentella v. tsarongensis 1018
Cnicus involucratus 1019
Primula sikkimensis 1020
Meconopsis grandis 1021
Saussurea conica 1022
Lactuca macrantha 1023
Gentiana prolata 1024
Berberis macrosepala var. setifolia 1025
Lonicera parvifolia 1026
Codonopsis nervosa 1027, 1028
Meconopsis simplicifolia 1029
Dracocephalum speciosum 1030
Primula macrophylla 1032
Meconopsis sinuata 1033
Meconopsis horridula 1034
Gentiana phyllocalyx 1035
Cyananthus lobatus 10