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SUMMARY:
Account of a snowy crossing of Lo La to a camp east of the pass, with clear morning weather turning to afternoon rain, steep descent, and heavy snow on the south side. Notes describe scarce but emerging rhododendrons and primulas, highlighted by Primula geraldinae on cliffs, several plant collections, and a sighting of monal by Ludlow.

CONTENT:
Lo La, Pachakshiri.

Prim. R. exasperatum 3634, R. lopsangianum 3635, R. sulphureum 3644, R. forrestii var repens 3642, R. hodgsonii 3643.
P. atrodentata 3636, Vernicosa 3637, Geraldinae 3640, Gentiana hexalata 3638.

place, but after going 3 ft. found another two ft. to go, so gave up. And yet it will be in full flower in 60 days. Other flowers are nearly over by then, though covered so deep now with snow. The approx. bearing to our next camp is 150° M.

24th April. Camp E of Lo La. 6 miles. 10500'. Bright clear morning, clouding over by 2.00 pm, some rain about 3-4 pm. Clearing later. Left at 5.30 am, on hard frozen snow, getting up to Pass very easily over snow we could walk on. Reached Pass, 13500', at 6.45 am. Coolies knew the sun would melt the snow & went up almost as quick. Descent on this side, very steep indeed, snow was now getting soft. There is a remarkable amount of snow this side. March tiring through dense fir & rhodo. forest, with deep snow patches till near camp. Rhododendrons coming out, but still scarce. It is grand to be seeing some flowers at last, after such a long pause. The first star turn was probably No 3640 (P. geraldinae), a small but very pretty primula which grows on sheer cliff faces, and at any rate new to us. Some rhodos. too were found. Ludlow saw some monal, which did not appear to be the usual one. But he could not get a shot at one. On the whole a most interesting day, but very tiring. I also saw Prim. Barnardoana, but it is not yet in flower. Many flowers should be out by the time we come back.

SUMMARY:
Route notes describe the march from camp to Lola Pass and a very steep descent, followed by a difficult traverse to a camp on the Chudi Chu with multiple stream crossings. Botanical collections 3634–3643 are listed, including several rhododendrons and primulas with habitat and diagnostic notes.

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Camp to Lola Pass. 2 miles. Continue up R bank for a mile, with a considerable climb over a fir clad ridge, then over boggy open ground. Path then crosses the stream & climbs about 300 ft steeply, gradually easing off & turning more South. The last 300' is fairly steep but the whole route to the Pass is easy.

Descent to camp at m 4. Descent very steep indeed, fairly open for 1/2 mile, then through dense fir & rhodo forest. At m 3 the main stream is crossed to the R bank, & the valley turns South. Follow this down, crossing to L bank at 3 1/2. A poor camp available at m 4.

3634. R. exasperatum. A fine Barbatum Ser. Rhod. Common among R. Thomsonii & Abies. Beautiful rich crimson corolla.

3635. Rhod. lopangense Thomsonii Series. Very common. Seems to have more indumentum on under leaf than R. Thomsonii.

3636. Primula aff. atrodentata. (P. crispa?) This does not appear to be P. atrodentata. It is smaller, a smaller less pronounced eye, colour rather different. Only seen in one place.

3637. Primula vernicosa. Only differs in habitat. First time seen in dense jungle. Smaller flower than usual.

3638. Diapensia yellow. The first time we have seen this yellow one. Common.

3639. Asteropyrum peltatum. Ranunculus sp.

3640. Primula geraldinae sp. nov. Common where found. The mark of this is the farinaceous eye. Only growing on quite inaccessible cliff faces in wet moss. A pretty primula & new to us.

3641. Rhod. sulphureum sp. (small yellow shrub). Fairly common, on cliff faces.

3642. Rhod. forrestii var repens sp. aff repens. Does not appear to be repens, or even serpens. Found to the left (North) of Primula geraldinae 3640.

3643. Rhod. hodgsonii grande.

Camp to Camp on Chudi Chu. 6m. Keep down the L bank through dense rhodo & fir forest. Path very bad indeed, along logs & up & down notched logs, for 2 miles to bridge (1 plank) over main stream to R. bank. Thence path very bad still through dense forest, very steep in places to a very small clearing - room for three tents to camp, where there is a bridge to the L bank again. Path very difficult the whole way. Rough bearing of march 340° M.

SUMMARY:
Notes an observation of Primula vernicosa lacking scapes despite being common. Describes routes from Nayu along the Tsangpo to Suoka (via Pangya and Tungdo) and onward to Paka (via Rakwa, Pema Trongmo, the P. Trongmo Chu, and Kangka), including bridge conditions and nearby passes (Lolung Leku La, Tsanang La, Kucha La).

CONTENT:
245a

White Nayu Chu

5808. Primula vernicosa. I was unfortunately unable to find a single plant with scape, although the primula is common. It seems to be like P. vernicosa, but I have never seen this with such large leaves.

x Nayu to Lando i Suoka 7 miles. Path keeps down the R bank to Pangya, then along a good level path to Tungdo (m 3), quite a large village, with some Lopa huts beside it. Thence on, through pine forest to a spur ½ m S of the Tsangpo, where there is a bridge (washed away July 38) leading over the Suoka Chu to Suoka, m 7. A path leads up to Suoka Chu to the Suoka La, said to be a very low pass, to be two full days march to the South. Lopas come over this in Tibetan 9th month, with rice. The same sort of Lopas as come over the Lando La.

ii Paka 10½ miles. Path good the whole way. At m 2½ a small village, RAKWA, is passed. (Gumbo-wo of the map is on the L bank of the Tsangpo almost opposite - not on the R. bank). At m 5 Pema Trongmo is reached, & at m 6½ the P. Trongmo Chu is crossed. There is no bridge, & it is in summer a big river, sometimes not easy or impossible to ford. Thence to Kangka, at m 7½, at m 9½ Paka at m 10½. A good deal of cultivation is passed this march. Paka is at the mouth of a large nala leading to the 'Lando La' of the map. No such pass exists, but there are three passes which are reached by this valley. The westernmost is called the LOLUNG LEKU LA & leads to Lopa country. The centre one is the TSANANG LA, & the Eastern one the KUCHA LA.

SUMMARY:
A list of Primula taxa (and Omphalogramma minus) with associated numbers and brief annotations such as colors and sectional notes. Entries include Primula chionantha, P. pulchelloides, P. maximowiczii, and others.

CONTENT:
5226 Primula falcifolia 64 130
5138 A. Primula maximowiczii 65
4954 A Primula morsheadiana
5214 Primula alpicola violacea
5285 Primula vernicosa
5214 A Primula alpicola violacea 135
5284 A Primula chionantha (purple) 66
5284 Primula chionantha (yellow) 67
5171 Primula szechuanica
5218 Primula Minutissimae Sect. (No.)
4943 Primula pudibunda 140
5803 Primula glabra
5026 Primula littledalei
5034 Primula micropetala Taylor
4604 A Primula baileyana
5132 Primula Minutissima Sect. 145
4767 Primula ningguida?
5120 Primula Muscarioides Sect.
5067 Primula tibetica
5077 Primula roylei
5000 A Primula pulchelloides 68 150
5000 Primula pulchelloides
4923 Omphalogramma minus
5020 Primula cawdoriana 69
5019 Primula bellidifolia
5027 Primula sinopurpurea 155

SUMMARY:
This page lists Primula species with specimen or collection numbers and section notes, and also mentions Omphalogramma minus. It includes brief notes on seed and uncertain identifications.

CONTENT:
5229 Primula Valentiniana 183
5245 " minutissima Sect.
5407 " obtusifolia Sect. nov. 71 185
5026 A. " littledalei.
5408 " rotundifolia.
5406 " Cawdoriana
5138 B " Maximowiczii.
5120 A " hyacinthina. 190
5027 A " sino purpurea.
5423 " obtusifolia.
4900 " ?
4895 " denticulata. 72
4746 " chamaethauma. 195
4745 " sino purpurea.
4564 A " chungensis.
4928 " vernicosa.
4923 Omphalogramma minus.
4804 Primula Dickieana. 200
4831 " vernicosa.
4767 " rigida.
4770 " Petiolaris sect.
4954 " Morsheadiana.
4892 " alpicola (yellow) 205
4804 " Dickieana.
6504 " minut. (:? 5890?) Seed.
6515 " micropetala? helodoxa

Taylor
C.S.

SUMMARY:
Page lists numerous Primula taxa with associated specimen numbers and brief notes on variants or colours. Several entries indicate uncertain identifications and multiple forms of Primula dickieana.

CONTENT:
4767 A. Primula rigida. 70 157

5144. Primula larisecta. 70
5145. Primula Maximowiczii.
5146. Primula doshongensis. 160
5147. Primula bellidifolia.
5148. Primula rigida.
5149. Primula alpicola.
5150. Primula dickieana (Dwarf)
5151. Primula ? 165
5152. Primula doshongensis?
5153. Primula minutissima (nudicaulis?) (No.)
5154. Primula vernicosa.
5155. Primula pudibunda. Taylor.
5156. Primula kongboensis. 170
5157. Primula aff. capitata (hairy leaf).
5158. Primula jonarduni.
5159. Primula alpicola.
5160. Primula roylei.
5161. Primula chungensis. 175
5162. Primula baileyana.
5163. Primula bellidifolia.
5164. Primula .. ..
5165. Primula sikkimensis.
5166. Primula dickieana. 180
      5262 A. Primula dickieana yellow
      5262 B. Primula dickieana white
      5262 C. Primula dickieana other colours.

SUMMARY:
Page lists specimen numbers and Primula (and Omphalogramma) taxa with collection localities. Notes include sections, color/flowering status, and identification remarks, with repeated entries from the same sites.

CONTENT:

5606. ✓ Primula littledalei Chinning La. Lanjong. 81.
      5608 ✓ " macrocarpa. " " 82
      5609 ✓ " Hopeana. " " 83
      5635 ✓ " hyacinthina. Tse La. 43. 84.
      5644 ✓ " Florindae. Gyara Phu Chu. Molo. 44 85
      5656 ✓ " Jaffreyana. Molo.
5607. ✓ " Flexilipes? reticulata Tum La (Nagu Chu) S
      5770 ✓ " alpicola. purple. " "
      5777 ✓ " Elizabethae
      5785 ✓ " Nivalis Sect. No flower. Calliantha 45 N
      5786 Omphalogramma minus. " " 90
      5791 o Primula barbatula ? : 3990? " "
      5794 ✓ " vernicosa. " "
      5808 ✓ " Whitei (?) Nagu Chu.
      5865 ✓ " Dryadifolia Sect. (sp nov?) Tsanangla. Paka. 46. D
      5866 o " Valentiniana. " " 95
      5867 ✓ " Chamaethauma. " "
      5872 ✓ " Nivalis Sect = 5785.? Calliantha "
      5877 ✓ " alpicola, amber var. " "
      5887 ✓ " (Baileyana) Littledalei Gongire. Pana Phu Chu. 47.
      5888 ✓ " micropetala. hyacinthina. " 48. 100.
      5889 ✓ " nivalis Sect ?? (no flowers) amabilis " 49. N
      5890 o " sp. aff. atrodentata ? " " 50.
      5917 ✓ " Jaffreyana. Kulu Phu Chu, Paka.
      5922 o " Chungensis. " " 51. C.
      5924 ✓ " Chamaethauma " " 105.

SUMMARY:
List of Primula specimens with numbers, determinations, and notes such as seed-only, sections, and cross-references. Localities recorded include several Himalayan passes and a lake.

CONTENT:
PRIMULA NUMBERS.

3580 ✓ Primula gracilipes. Jelep La. Cunninghamii Craib. 1 P
3583 o " tibetica 2
3585 o " Phasaensis. SEED only. Yamdrok Tso.
3592 ✓ " atrodentata
3602 o " Florindae. " " Kongbo Nga La. S

3603. o " atrodentata " " 3. D
3604. o " pumilio " " 4.
      3611 ✓ " Roylei. Lang La. 5. P
      3612 ✓ " atrodentata " d
      3616 o " macrophylla SEED only " N
      3633 o " glabra. Lo La. 6
      3636 ✓ " atrodentata? " 7 d
      3637 ✓ " vernicosa. " 8 P
      3640 o " sp. nov.? Clutterbuckii?? " 9
      3647 ✓ " Bryocarpum himalaicum -
      3648 ✓ " " Pet. Sect. yellow sp. nov. 10 P
      3649 ✓ " Cortusoides Sect. Pet. lacerata 11 P
      3650 o " Normaniana 12
      3671 ✓ " Boothii. gracilipes Nyng La 13 P
3605. ✓ " sp. Pet. Sect. aff. Griffithii. " 14 P
      3700 o " Normaniana. "
3606. ✓ " Cortusoides sect. " p
3607. ✓ " Boothii = 3671. gracilipes " p
      3745 ✓ " sp. Pet Sect. aff. Griffithii. Lo La p
      3746 ✓ " " " " fruit spec. " p
3608. ✓ " sp. Pet Sect. sp nov. yellow = 3648 " p
      3756 o " sp nov. = 3640. "

SUMMARY:
Field notes from Tum La on 7–8 July record multiple Primula and other alpine species, with observations on colour forms, abundance, and habitat. The page also notes a path from near Nagu toward the Tunga La and describes the easier south-side descent of Tum La, with the village of Datang reported as two marches away.

CONTENT:
46a
Tum La 7 & 8 July

5762. Primula reticulata flexitipes? Nagu Chu
5763. Primula aff. alpicola violacea. Tum La. I don't know this colour variation, if this is P. alpicola. A very pretty primula, constant as far as I saw. Only on the Pass from the South side.
      8/7. Common to the E of the Tum La.
5764. Primula calliantha nivalis Sect. Tum La. No flowers seen. Two very wet & quite withered flowers were found on one plant, often seemed to be yellow, I have not seen this primula before. Not common here.
5765. Omphalogramma elwesiana minus? Tum La. Common, but flowers nearly all over.
5766. Primula barbata? Tum La. Very like 3990, but rather bigger, perhaps because taken later.
5767. Primula vernicosa. Tum La. Leaves were rather like P. Boothii for which I at first took it, but the short pedicels put it as P. vernicosa I think. P. elizabethae 5777.
5768. Meconopsis lyrata var. flava aff. argemonantha. Tum La. Although the colour is "pale lemon yellow" the yellow is very distinct, & could not be mistaken for white ever. Otherwise appears very like P. argemonantha, obtained from a very similar habitat. 8-10 left for seed numbered, but the place will be hard to find, as the mist was so thick today we could see nothing of the ridge we were on even.

Rhod. cerasina 5768, Chariessa 5769, Diapensia multiflora 5772. Tofieldia yunnanensis 5773. Rosa sericea 5776.
Cremanthodium reniforme 5780. Rhod. trilectorum sp. nov. 5782.

X. Near the bridge this side of our first camp & Nagu a path leads to the East, to the Tunga La, over which Lopas come in August (a different sort to these). The Tunga La would be a day's march from the Nagu Chu.

X. Descent on South side of Tum La is easier than on the North, but the path very bad indeed, in heavy rain, is a torrent. Direction at first South, then S.E. The distance to the first village, called DATANG is said to be two marches for laden men, about 15-20 miles probably.