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SUMMARY:
The party proceeds via Chagal, while the Dzongpen departs to Drokpa La with the Trim jigmpu and a coolie, leaving Tenduk, Ahmad Sheikh, and the diarist with 14 coolies. At Chagal Dzong they record weather and notable plants, and exchange calls with the Dzongpen who arranges matters for the next day.

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the south side. 2422. Otherwise the only flower of interest was a Delphinium 2424, with white sepals & black petals. Crops are nearly ripe here, & already some are being cut & threshed. When we were here last, they were only about 2-3 inches up. Dzongpen has gone off to the Drokpa La today with the Trim jigmpu & a coolie, leaving Tenduk, Ahmad Sheikh & I with 14 coolies to go on via Chagal. Nothing of any interest here, no birds worth recording.

24th July. Chagal Dzong. 6 m. Fine all day, with clouds & sun. Rain last night. A dull march in, with nothing much to see. Plenty of Ceratostigma on the hillside, & a lot at camp on the N side of the river. The little Primula tibetica collected here on our way to Lung first time, is still in bloom, & has a scape about 2" long. Also a very bright yellow Pedicularis, all over the boggy meadow. Dzongpen very kind. I see him tomorrow. Tenduk visited him this afternoon.

25th July. Halt. Chagal. Fine most of the day, but no sun. Exchanged calls with the Dzongpen, who was very pleasant, & has made all arrangements for tomorrow. Nothing very

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Delphinium 2424
Ceratostigma minus
Pedicularis fletcheri 2427
Pedicularis longiflora v. tubiformis 2429
rec. Sherriff on Dricheng La. 2436
Cremanthodium plantagineum 2435

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Notes describe passing through plains with vast profusions of white Primula near Gela, with additional sightings of yellow Oxalis, red Pedicularis, a fine red Primula, and a large violet Thalictrum. Despite the abundance of flowers, the observers express some disappointment beyond these highlights.

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Ludlow 54. We passed through acres of yellow
oxalis Primula red pedicularis

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11358. 53. 191.7 11359.

Ludlow 60 Gela. White primula accompanied us the
whole way. On all the flat grassy plain they grow
in millions profusion, acres & acres of them, thicker than
buttercups in an English meadow. But apart from the
profusion of these flowers we were disappointed, others only
adding one fine red Primula & a large violet
Thalictrum delicate beauty than colour.

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Lists live plants to be sent by KLM freight to London and the R.B.G. Edinburgh, noting a large quantity of roots, bulbs, and tubers collected. Describes severe weather at Chumbumbu La and successful but difficult seed collecting trips from Langong to the Chiniung La, with plans to march to Migyitun.

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75 Live Plants Collected
Chumbumbu La Oct 17 P. chionantha 6609 P. elizabethae 6610
mec. violacea 6611.

...the live plants wanted, which are now: 1 small plant Pedicularis, 1 small Primula Aliciae, 1 Elizabethae (Lola) 2 Tsariensis (Lola) 1 Rowlei (Lola) & laeta (Lola) 1 ? Clutterbuckii (Lola) 1 Boothii (Lola) 1 yellow Pet. Sect. (Lola) 1 big plant Tsariensis (Lola) 1 yellow Pet sect (Tsari Sama) 1 yellow Pet sect (Chumbumbu La) 1 Elizabethae (Chumbumbu La). All these are at the moment timed to arrive in London on the 12th Dec, & in the R.B.G. Edinburgh on early morning of 13th! Ludlow & Taylor also have a good bundle of roots too, & altogether we have far more roots, bulbs & tubers than ever brought back before. So I hope we get them successfully home this time. I intend to send all by KLM freight, & shudder at the thought of how much they will cost.

17th October. Langong. Rain all night & day. Very cold indeed on the Chumbumbu La, in fact everywhere. Today was a repetition of yesterday, really beastly weather, a strong wind driving rain & sleet. We got a few seed of P. Elizabethae 6610, roots of it & of the Pet. Primula & also seeds of the Primula aff. Clutterbuckii, which I did not expect. Also a few of Omphalogramma brachysiphon 3952. The others I have taken as these are probably nearly all O. minus, with perhaps a small mixture of O. brachysiphon. So cold & beastly up the last camp, that as we were back by 12.30, we packed up at once & came on here, arriving at 4.0pm. No sign of rain stopping, in fact the locals say this is a very wet month, rain below & snow on the hills. We thus save a day, & tomorrow I must go up to the Chiniung La to finish off the Langong collecting.

18th October. Halt. Heavy rain all night & all today. Tsongpen & I went up to the Chiniung La, making an early start. Snow was everywhere above about 13500 & nearly a foot deep on the Pass. However we did better than I expected, & got some of all the seeds we were for except the little dwarf Lonicera, which had dropped its seed & was hardly to be seen. P. macrocarpa had very few seed, nearly every capsule was blind. And so now I have finished all seed collecting from flowers seen this year. The rest of our march is either over new ground, or over the old 1936 ground. But there can be little but Rhododendrons with any seed left. All seems fixed for our march to Migyitun on the 20th, rather to my surprise. At present I cannot make out the route, but

SUMMARY:
The diarist rides a yak to Marlung and conducts plant collecting despite mist, rain, and poor visibility, noting abundant primulas and other flowers near yakherds' huts. A flower box arrives from Bumthang, thought to be Ludlow's, raising concerns about other boxes and presents coming from Kpong, while a future visit tied to Hicks' return is mentioned.

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as that would be a change and would give much trouble. The snag is that from there to come up here one would again have to pass through Bumthang, and we don't want any more of that, when already we must pay a last visit on Hicks' return about 1 Oct.

5th July MARLUNG. 6 miles. 13500' Pretty fine day, but no views. I rode up here on a yak today in real comfort. But we are not nearly high enough here, and should really be in the highest yakherds' huts. The cliffs here are again covered with P. umbratilis, but there seems precious little otherwise.

6th July Halt. A foul day of rain, wind and mist. We went about 4 miles up the valley, then turned south up a side valley, the one I eventually hope to leave by. But we were so lost in thick mist, that we could see only 10-20 yards, and didn't know if there were cliffs above, or open country or what. That doesn't make plant collecting any easier. One can only take a chance of finding things, without looking where they should be. In spite of that we got quite a number of flowers, though nothing very thrilling. The yakherds' huts up there are very beautiful—at least round about them is beautiful—a mass of white and yellow P. sikkimensis (orthopiana) in a sea of yellow potentillas and calthas, and asters and red pedicularis. When I got back I found a flower box had been sent up here from Bumthang, with no letter and message. The boy only said that he had been told it had come from Bumthang. It must be Ludlow's, and makes one wonder what is happening to other boxes that were left there. And it also makes one wonder what will happen to the boxes of bows and arrows and other presents which are coming from Kpong to be left in Bumthang. I hope they don't come on here!

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Page lists botanical subjects and frames for black-and-white, Dufaycolour, and Kodachrome rolls, with dates in late June to early July. Notes include Primula, Meconopsis, Saxifraga and others, with locations such as P'tang, near Tolegang, and Burkhel (including a lake and telephoto views), plus a yakherd's hut.

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B. W. 9.

1. Primula umbratilis on cliff. 27/6.
2. Saxifraga with stolons 19270 2/7
3. Primula umbratilis. "
4. Meconopsis sinuata var. alpicola var. luna P'tang "
5. Meconopsis paniculata in mist. 3/7
6. Primula umbratilis pale 19332 & Saxifraga 19306 3/7
7. Primula waddellii. 19330 3/7
8. Androsace 19366 6/7
9. Potentilla curviseta? 19344 7/7
10. Primula jonardunii. 19378 "
11. Meconopsis simplicifolia lake. "
12. Primula hopeana by stream.

Dufaycolour 16.

1. Saxifraga with stolons 19270 2/7
2. Primula umbratilis. "
3. Meconopsis sinuata var. alpicola P'tang. "
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   (2) 4. Primula umbratilis pale 19332 & Saxifraga 19306 3/7
   (3) 5. Primula waddellii 19330 3/7
   (4) 6. Primula " " 3/7
   (5) 7. Androsace 19366 6/7
   (6) 8. Potentilla curviseta? 19344 7/7

Kodachrome 17
Salvia. 19125 28/6
Meconopsis paniculata & waterfall 1/7.
Rosa 19082 2/7
Saxifraga with stolons 19270 2/7
Meconopsis sinuata & Primula alpicola 2/7
close up.

Kodachrome 18
Primula hopeana near Tolegang 3/7
Primula umbratilis light form 19332 3/7
" " & Saxifraga 19306. 3/7
Androsace 19366 6/7
Yakherds hut surrounded by Primulas
Sikkim hopeana. Close up. Asters.
Pedicularis. 6/7.

Kodachrome 19
Potentilla curviseta 19344 7/7
Burkhel. Tele. "
Lake below Burkhel: "
Primula umbratilis against sun on cliff "
Primula jonardunii. 19378. "
Meconopsis simplicifolia & lake behind. "