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SUMMARY:
Checklist of Primula species collected in 1937, with notes on prior collection status and several specimen numbers. Localities mentioned include Chendebi and Tang Chu.

CONTENT:
x not collected in 1936
xx " " " before.
Primulas collected. 1937.

42. P. bracteosa.

1 P. Boothii.
P. erythrocarpa
P. flagellaris
P. sp. nov. Chendebi xx
5 P. strumosa elongata
P. Roylei.
P. macrophylla.
P. glabra.
P. geraniifolia xx
10 P. sp. nov. Tang Chu. xx
P. Hopeana
P. sapphirina x
P. tenella. xx
P. Winteri.
15 P. Boothii high alt. var.
P. pusilla. x
P. Stirtoniana x
P. obliqua. x
P. prenantha? xx
20 P. nivalis dwarf sp.
P. tenuiloba.
P. sikkimensis.
P. Menziesiana xx
P. bellidifolia xx
25 P. atrodentata
P. Griffithii sp. hancini
P. vernicosa.
P. pudibunda 3370
P. sikkimensis var. 3353. xx
30 P. sp. nov. 3366 hancini xx
P. " " 3367 xx
P. " " 3383. xx
P. umbratilis white 3384 xx
P. " blue 3394 xx
35 P. capitata.
P. soldanelloides. x
P. muscoides.
P. obtusifolia Caveana xx
P. Walshii 3413 concinna xx
40 P. Caveana 3410 xx
P. uniflora 3438. x
P. involucrata 3226. x

SUMMARY:
Notes confirm several Primula identifications from Dungshinggang and describe the scented P. obtusifolia under boulders. At about 15,500 feet the diarist found and photographed a grandala nest with nearly fledged young and a fragment of eggshell. A halt day is noted with intermittent fine weather and heavy rain before heading up a valley.

CONTENT:
unforgivable. P. menziesiana is the primula we got on the Dungshinggang 3301. I don't think there can be any doubt of that now. 3374 - 3384 are P. umbratilis, I have already taken P. bellidifolia, or a subspecies on Dungshinggang, 3288. P. obtusifolia is a most beautiful flower, with a strong scent, and looks particularly nice under the huge boulders where it grows, where the pale colour of the flower is thrown up by the black background.

At about 15,500' today I heard grandala, and when the mist cleared, saw a pair, each with a mouthful of food. They were a little worried obviously waiting for us to go. Eventually the male flew into the rocks, and gave the site of the nest away. It was built on a very small ledge on a rock face. This time I could with difficulty get to 3 ft away and saw the nest clearly, with two nearly fully fledged young. I took a few photos, then waited in between two huge boulders for the female to come, which she did, and I got a photo of her feeding the chicks. Away below, lying on some snow, I found about half an egg shell, enough to give a rough idea of what the egg is like.

10th July. Halt. Rained all night: fine part of the morning and one hour's sun this afternoon, then very heavy rain. We went up a valley to

SUMMARY:
A stony valley leading west then north ends in a small lake below a retreating glacier, with steep, crumbling hills and few flowers. The party adds a dwarf primula (possibly Primula walshii) to their tally and compares finds with previous primulas; they travel 8 miles to Thampe with a fine morning and heavy rain in the evening.

CONTENT:
Cyananthus spathulifolius 3412 Cremanthodium cremanthodioides 3418 76

the West, then turned out of that to the north. Like all valleys here it was full of stones and boulders. It finished at about 15,500 or 16,000' in a lake 600 yds long and 200 yds wide, beyond which was a retreating glacier. The hills all round are crumbling to bits, very steep, and don't look much good for flowers. However we brought our primula total up to 39 with a dwarf one - perhaps Primula walshii - very little of which we saw, No. 3413.
P. concinna 3413 (1937)
On the way back we found a lovely primula, very like a small edition of P. obtusifolia collected yesterday.
P. caveana 3410 (1936)
This is almost certainly P. caveana, No. 3410.
P. tenuiloba 3417 (1933-34)
Flower rather smaller, a little redder, and more farina on leaves, both surfaces, bracts, calyx and pedicels.

11th July. Thampe. 8 miles. Fine for an hour or two in the morning. Rain very heavy in evening, with strong wind. Nothing new to be seen, though we