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SUMMARY:
Clear views were obtained toward the Dongkar range and passes including Gorpo La, Pun Sum La, and Warha La, with a local belief noted about the 'Thief' near Orka La at Sakden. Danang returned from Bum La beyond Tawang with seed collections, though some desired plants were missing or eaten, and further collecting and short stays are planned.

CONTENT:
Mago peaks, which were only seen in glimpses through them.
A perfectly clear stretch extended from this area almost
due north to the Dongkar range, and the fine peak we
saw just N. of the Gorpo La was plainly visible. I took
panorama again - sketch opposite - but could get few
bearings of any use. The real Pun Sum La was visible
just to the E of the line to the Gorpo La. Just over the
pass (Warha La) on the E side is a small pimple called the
"Thief". The man with us said it always peeped
over the Orka La at Sakden, and was responsible
for any losses which occurred in any of the houses
of Sakden. This much amused Purbo, but the man
was quite serious about it. Returned at 3.30 to

find Danang back again. He had done pretty well
on the Bum La beyond Tawang and had a pretty good
collection of seeds. Unfortunately sheep had been at
the white primula I particularly wanted (No: 655, P. obliqua), and he
could find no trace of the Notholirion macrophyllum (650). I brought
down some seeds too from the Orka La, and got a
fair collection of No 641 (Prim. gambeliana), a fine primula and a few others.

But Danang must return there to look for some
more of these which he found. We have decided
to stay two more days and then go down to the last
camp for a couple of days. Tomorrow I will not

SUMMARY:
Page lists numbered plant specimens with notes on flowers, growth form, and handling, alongside associated localities and day/month collection dates. Taxa include Androsace, Thalictrum, Notholirion, Codonopsis, Clematis, Primula, Lilium, and others.

CONTENT:
19488 Meconopsis bella Dhur Chu. 5/10
19494 Polygonum sp. big flower. " "
19497 Yellow orchid " " See these seed before sending home
19817 Onosma sp. " " v. few.
19814 Androsace sp. cushion " " [crossed out] ✓
18974 Androsace sp. 12"-18" Pangitang. 30/9.
19800 Androsace sp. white cushion. Namdatung 3/10.
19083 Cotoneaster sp. 15' tree. Shabietang. 6/10.
19815 Thalictrum chelidonii? " 6/10.
(2) 19498 Notholirion macrophyllum. Dhur Chu. 6/10 145
(3) 21819 Tree ? Shabietang 7/10
(2) 21820 Shrub ? " "
(3) 21821 - 19077 Tree 20' ? " "
2 21822 Eremurus " "
19815 Thalictrum chelidonii? Dhur Chu 5/10. 150
1 bag 19716 Allardia sp.
18683 Rhododendron ciliatum Kyikyi La. 13/10.
19544 Thalictrum chelidonii
19594 Pyrola sp. Yuto La 14/10.
19823 ? saccate tube. creeper. Tongsa. 15/10 155
(2) 19826 Codonopsis purpurea. " "
19827 Clematis sp. small red " "
19574 Primula flagellaris. Chendebi. 16/10.
19572 Gesneriaceae Streptocarpus? " "
(2) 19580 Dicentra sp. " " 160
4 + bag 19490 Lilium sp. var. Dhur Chu. 5/10
19573 Anemone sp. Chendebi 17/10.
19577 Campanula sp. " "

SUMMARY:
Route-based notes list stages and passes from Kyikyi La and Yuto La through Tongsa, Tashiling, Chendebi, Ritang, Wangdupotrang, S'gang, and Hing Lai La, with instructions on seeds to collect. Plants noted include Rhod. ciliatum, Notholirion macrophyllum, Primula spp., Lil. nepalense, Lil. wallichianum, Clematis, Gaultheria, Streptopus, Smilacina, Buddleia, Codonopsis purpurea, Luculia Pinceana, Morina, and Adenophora, with site notes such as cliffs, passes, and landslides.

CONTENT:
Seed to be collected Tongsa Dz. to Ha.

Kyikyi La - Rhod. ciliatum ✓ Notholirion macrophyllum X Thalictrum sp. 19544 ✓
Yuto La. Clematis sp. Gaultheria Streptopus Smilacina. Buddleia about 2 m from Tongsa.
Tongsa - Tashiling. Codonopsis purpurea .19558. Lil. wall. 19559 / aff Primula 19561. White rose. red creeper. Luculia Pinceana. Ludlow's white tree.
Tashiling - Chendebi. aff Primula red ✓ Rhod. arboreum. P. haycockii ✓
Chendebi - Ritang. Lil. nepalense - Dicentra on cliffs 2 m above Chend. Adenophora on steep ground where lily was in '37.
✓ aff Primula on trees W of pass. Notholirion on rock with L. nepalense where first seen.
Ritang - Wangdupotrang. Small plant on cliff where landslide in 19579 Morina ✓ 19581. On pass Ritang side.
Ritang - S'gang. Lil. nepalense ✓
S'gang - W'trang. nil. ✓
W - Hing Lai La. Saccate tube? Thalictrum opp camp. Lil. wallichianum bulbs ✓
H.L.L. - T

SUMMARY:
Notes list seed needs and collections with specimen numbers and plant observations (e.g., Meconopsis, Primula, Notholirion) from areas including Tongsa Chu valley, Bumthang, Kyikyi La, Yuto La, and Tongsa-Tashiling. Mentions locations such as a cliff below Mandating and a Yakherd hut, with additional observations near camp.

CONTENT:
Seed wanted from Tongsa Chu valley. From Bumthang
19437 Meconopsis bella cliff below Mandating. Clematis big.
19439 White Androsace. just below there. Honeysuckle " x
19441 ? pink striped flower " Briggsia yellow on trees. x
Notholirion hyacinthinum. at Yakherd hut. Podocarpum. x
19447 Primula geraniifolia
19464 " hopeana - some with red tube.
Fine big Polygonum just beside them.
19467 Big thistle.
Meconopsis horridula.
" sinuata.
19469 Primula pusilla
? glabra.
Anemone rupicola.
Meconopsis horridula.
" sinuata
" bella
Thistle big white.
Iris blue.
19490 Lily x x x
19494 Polygonum fine big flowers. behind rhodo scrub in clearing.
19484 Geranium big flowered same clearing.
19498 Notholirion macrophyllum.
Yellow orchid on rock 100x before camp R side.

Seed from Kyikyi La. Rhododendron ciliatum. Notholirion macrophyllum, Thalictrum chelidonii. 19544.
Yuto La. Big clematis Gaultheria, Streptopus, Smilacina oleracea,
Tongsa-Tashiling. Codonopsis purpurea. Lily. alt. Briggsia White rose

19558. 19559. 19561.

SUMMARY:
List of Kodachrome and Dufaycolor photographs documenting Primula, Meconopsis, Anemone, Streptopus, Notholirion, and a thistle, with specimen numbers, habitats, and dated entries in June–July. Notes include issues with film ("25 feet stuck. wasted.") and that 12 films were sent in No. 20.

CONTENT: B. W. 11.

1. P. soldanelloides. 13/7
2. P. waddellii. 16/7
3. Meconopsis bella 19437 on cliff with Primula umbratilis 17/6
4. Meconopsis paniculata. "
5. Large thistle. 19467. 20/7
6. P. pusilla. 19469 camp 21/7
8. Anemone rupicola. 21/7
9. Meconopsis paniculata habitat "
10. ~ ~ ~ "
11. Streptopus simplex. 22/7
12. Notholirion macrophyllum 19498 22/7

Kodachrome 22
Primula soldanelloides. 19420 13/7.
Meconopsis horridula. 16/7.
Meconopsis bella 19437 on cliff with Primula umbratilis 17/6
Meconopsis paniculata "
P. hopeana stream. 20/7
P. " red tube. close. "

Kodachrome 23
25 feet stuck. wasted.
P. pusilla. 19469 20/7
Anemone rupicola. 21/7
Meconopsis paniculata habitat. 21/7.

Dufaycolor 19

1. P. macrophylla v. macrocarpa 19423 13/7
2. " " " "
3. P. soldanelloides. 19420 "
4. " " "
5. / / /
6. / / /

Dufaycolor 20 X

1. P. waddellii. 16/7
2. Meconopsis horridula 19436 16/7.
3. Meconopsis bella 19437 on cliff with Primula umbratilis 17/6
4. " " "
5. Meconopsis paniculata. "

Dufaycolor 20 X

1. P. hopeana with red tube 19464 20/7
2. Thistle. 19467 "
3. P. pusilla clump. camp 19469 22/7
4. Meconopsis paniculata habitat. 21/7
6. 12 films sent in No 20.

SUMMARY:
The party descends north from Milakatong La, follows a lake and river, and reaches Tsukang (Shao) around mile 16, noting scant barley and rhododendron fuel. They express relief at leaving rain-soaked Tawang, criticize incompetent local officials, and describe a route transitioning from dense jungle to bamboo, rhododendron, and finally grass with dwarf rhododendron, alongside a list of collected plants.

CONTENT:
July 14.
Milakatong La

P. sikkimensis 652=667
" obliqua 655
" Calderiana (Roylei) 658
" macrophylla 657
" sikkimensis 662
" alpicola 663
" pusilla 665
" sapphirina 666
Meconopsis villosa 649
Notholirion macrophyllum 650
Corydalis trifoliata 651
Swertia hookeri 654
Meconopsis horridula 659
Rhododendron hypenanthum 660
Campanula aristata 664

North of the pass, the descent is easy over open rocky hillside. A lake is seen to the N. West and the river met at m 14. From this lake followed down to the East to TSUKANG or SHAO at m 16. Here there is rhododendron wood fuel. A very little barley is grown, but probably does not ripen. Shao consists of about a dozen stone built houses. We were thoroughly glad to be shut of that miserable place Tawang. It rained all the time we were there, and we were for nearly the whole time in the mist.

The acting body for the Jongpen were an acute sodden womanising lot of poops. When our coolies were once off the mark, they went well enough: the trouble was simply that the officials were incapable of giving an order. Half the coolies started yesterday, the others with our bedding etc came on today. It rained from start to finish, and was miserably cold the whole time. The ground we covered was most interesting from a flower point of view. First we were in pretty dense jungle: this gave way to bamboo jungle, then to rhododendron jungle, till finally nothing was left but grass and dwarf rhododendron with the typical Tibetan dry zone potentilla. It was not a dry zone for us though. The hills are covered with a very dwarf pink rhododendron which makes them look like moors in

Rhododendron hypenanthum 661

SUMMARY:
Entries describe leaving frost-bound Gortsum after a storm, incentivizing the team to dig a large haul of lily bulbs (430 total) with little Meconopsis bella seed found, and reaching camp early. The next day at Dhur was a short march with collection of Notholirion macrophyllum bulbs and Thalictrum chelidonii seed, seed-drying and packing, games with companions, and Yundon sent to Shasjetang to collect more seed before rejoining at Kuji (Bumthang).

CONTENT:
5th October. Gortsum. Another lovely day. We were all anxious to be off this morning. It thundered last evening and rained and sleeted heavily, but cleared up about midnight and was sparkling and very cold indeed. My tent was thick with frost which we eventually thawed off by making 3 large fires and bringing the tent to them. It is a long march and we were anxious to get as many bulbs of the new lily as possible. So I offered Rs 1/- per 25 to Pasang, Yundru, Tupden and the man with a pony. On the word 'go' Yundru was down to it at once, the others were slower. When we had to stop, the result was Yundru 157, Pasang 123, Tupden and the pony man 75 each. So we have 430 bulbs, as well as a good deal of seed. I could find very little Mec. bella seed, although it was quite profuse in the same place, when in flower. We got in at 2.0 having walked very fast today. It is very very warm here to us, after those high camps, but I must say is rather pleasant for a change.

6th Oct. Dhur. A lovely day and a very short march. In at 8.30 am. We collected only two things on the way - bulbs of Notholirion macrophyllum and seed of Thalictrum chelidonii. I had a good day drying seed and packing things away, while everyone else washed clothes and bodies for our arrival tomorrow. By 2.30 I had finished work, so joined Ngudup, Namgyal, and HH's syce who had come out to meet me in a game of stone throwing, like we used to have with the high lama officials in Lhasa. From 2.30 till it was too dark to see at 5.45 we played without a pause, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Yundon went on today to Shasjetang to get seed of four other trees and shrubs, and will join us in Kuji (Bumthang) tomorrow.

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.
4
5 Polygonum vacciniifolia 19616 17/8
6
7 19617
8 Mec. superba. Halakyula. 17/8
9
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
5
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:
The writer reports finding a new lily and abundant Notholirion macrophyllum, and receives mail from Kalimpong with news that Branklyn is for sale and may be acquired. A letter from Taylor confirms P. umbratilis roots arrived safely and began to show growth after soaking. On 23rd July they marched to Dhur, noting an uninteresting, damp route where two rivers join.

CONTENT:
certainly all has passed their flower, the many plants with no flower, had it not been for these coincidences. It is a new lily: it must be, isolated like that in Cent. Bhutan. It is not a startling flower, rather tubular 2 1/2" long, a brownish red, one or in one case only, 2-flowered. A new lily is what we have wanted all these years, now we have it. Lower down Rhododendron camelliiflorum was common. R. keysii v. common. Buddleja colvilei was all over the place - a magnificent shrub. Then near camp we came across masses of Notholirion macrophyllum. I have never seen so much anywhere. To add to my excitement, a large mail came in from Kalimpong, & in it, the very exciting news that Branklyn is for sale, & we are likely to get it. That just capped the day for us. I have taken bulbs of the lily to send home. A letter from Taylor says that the dried roots of P. umbratilis have arrived safely. He gave one to be microscopically examined & he soaked one for a night - to find it already showing green next morning. Altogether a very fine day to remember. The valley we came down is one which would well repay a thorough search. I wish I had chosen it instead of the Bumthang Chu, but one can't tell from the mouth of the valley what it will be like.

23rd July. DHUR, about 4 miles. Mostly fine, but very damp, & rain after 2.0pm. An uninteresting march down a filthy path. We were right out of the interesting zone today. There are some flowers, but they are low altitude ones & common. Here two rivers join, the Dhur and another from the N-West, almost equal size. That valley might also prove a good one to work. The more I see now of the country, the more I wish I had come up this way instead of waiting.

SUMMARY:
Field notes record plant specimens and a wet, muddy march from Chendebi over the Pele La and down the Longte Chu, with difficulties taking flower photographs and observations on loads carried by local porters. A report was sent from Trongsa on 8 July 1933 noted as slightly underexposed, and the next camp was at Tsang Ka.

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5.0 pm, so Ramzana could not skin many that night.

Notholirion macrophyllum 228
Lilium nanum 225 - 1 plant.
Calanthe alpina 226
Meconopsis villosa 230
Oreocharis foliosa 234

5th July. CHENDEBI. 7500. 13 miles. (An. Ht. 7500' set) Another foul day with mist & heavy rain all day. Saw none of the country, birds were all lying clump. Flowers quite interesting. I find it almost impossible to get any colour photos of flowers. There is hardly a fine moment when we reach camp, or else it is only fine before my tail comes in. A hard day over awful mud paths; first a very steep ascent to the Pele La (11055') then steady down slippery paths along the Longte Chu to camp. The coolies are not particularly quick, but it seems to make little difference whether they go up hill or along the level. Tobgye tells me that normally, when carrying their own loads, women even carry 2 maunds (160 lbs), & then always carry the whole stage.

No 16 sent from Trongsa on 8.7.33.
Report slightly underexposed

6th July. TSANG KA. 7500'. 12 miles. (An. Ht. ) Another filthy wet day, raining hard all