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SUMMARY:
Notes reconsidering identifications of Primula specimens, suggesting 1937 L+S mixtures (3433–3437) are P. strumosa × P. calderiana hybrids rather than tsariensis, and discussing affinities among P. Barnardoana, elongata, involucrata, and alpicola. Mentions observations at Lussing La and references comments by Fletcher and a possible need to await Prof. Brown.

CONTENT:
Words of Fletcher rather hint that P. nepalensis may be P. strumosa. It may be that some of the specimens here which answer to nepalensis, in which case it should be washed out. My mixtures in 1937, under the numbers L+S 3433, 3434, 3435, 3436 were put down as P. tsariensis, & P. strumosa, & 3437 as Calderiana. But I think a better identification would have been P. strumosa & P. Calderiana hybrids. The real tsariensis are smaller plants, and the coarse growth of either P. strumosa or P. Calderiana, which was copied in these hybrids, was predominant. P. Calderiana is one, I think this is P. strumosa, the other. I got the same mixture in 1937, where P. strumosa
Perhaps P. strumosa will yet appear in masses, but it is not yet evident.

[Certainly everything I have taken so far can be called the same]
as showed those of Rotundifoliae, or not. In my opinion P. Barnardoana & elongata are the same.

enclose the flowers like bud scales before the flowers open.
than the second, which however is much further on. Must one now wait for Prof. Brown
identified. Knowing nothing of such things, I would say they must both be called involucrata,
a pink or white form, or any orangeing washed out.
are occasionally seen. Lussing La.

here. Have seen hundreds of old scapes, but only 1 bunch.
now.
now.

unshakable from P. alpicola v. luna which it closely resembles, but the two facts that i) it has no farinaceous eye, &
ii) alpicola has a very large bunch of leafy bracts, absent here. alpicola bracts enclose the whole
flowering head when in bud. Also found Lussing La. Tsampa.

only differences seem to be larger calyx & different habitat. Must get more.

the more worthy of specific rank it seems - much more so than some others.

SUMMARY:
The party halted for several days, searching in different directions but finding few plants, notably P. alpicola v. luna and Mec. sinuata just coming into flower. With the area yielding little, they plan to move to Gormotangha, whose lower elevation and cliffs may be more promising; Yumden brought in two young blood pheasants.

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3rd June Halt. A lovely morning and fine till 3:00 pm, then mostly rain. Three of us went in three directions and we scraped together 6 plants. There seems nothing here at all. P. alpicola v. luna is now just coming into flower, river bank. It is one of the few things which is commoner here than I have seen it elsewhere. Tomorrow we must try lower down, and if that is no use, move on to Gormotangha as soon as possible. It looks good, but it may also be late.

4th June. Halt. Heavy rain in evening, last night, cleared up and was fine today. I only went down to the river, and found nothing but Mec. sinuata, just coming into flower. The lads went downstream, further. But they also saw nothing of any interest at all. I have decided to go myself to Gormotangha tomorrow, see the place. And I think we should try to move on there next day complete. It looks better than this and is lower, has very fine cliffs beyond, which should hold some interesting flowers. But still we may be early. Yumden found young blood pheasant today, stupidly brought two of the young here with him.

5th June Halt. This place seems completely dead. I don't know where the flowers are. We've gone high and we've gone low, and we can't find anything. I went to Gormotangha today and looked at some most promising cliffs. But there was nothing to