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SUMMARY:
Diary entries note plant collections and observations around Migitun and a camp above Nga La, with heavy mosquitoes and heat. Assistants Danong and Tsongpen worked valleys near Migitun collecting flowers and some seeds, and bears were seen on a hill. Travel progressed from Migitun to a camp above Nga La with continued botanical collecting.

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Delphinium 2495
Delphinium from P.S. which may or may not be different. Here at camp there is a large thistle which is very handsome, growing to about 8 ft high. Danong went up the hill to look for seeds of some primulas, & found only a few of two. He came across two bears up there. Mosquitoes are very bad indeed down here, but all, so far, Stegomyia, not Anopheles. (P. glabra 2497, P. dickieana pantlingii 2498, P. sandemaniana 2499). A few specimens of the primula with hairy leaves pressed under No. 2499.

26th August. Migitun. 9500' 5 miles. Reasonably fine all morning. (Rhod. megeratum 2505, Spiranthes sinensis 2509, Aconitum volubile 2510, bulbiferum). Very hot & enervating down here. (Migitun).

27th, 28th, 29th August. Halt. Usually fine in the morning. Midges, flies & mosquitoes very bad. Danong & Tsongpen have worked the valley W. of Migitun & got some new flowers & a few seeds, & have been up the E. valley only for seed of the little yellow primula. A sikkimensis primula of (P. loessa sp. nov. type 2514, P. prenantha 2516) a beautiful pink mauve colour 2514 is abundant in the valley W. of Migitun. I think this is the one I found (Frag. globosa 2525, Acon. bulbiferum 2517, Acon. souliei 2523) between Mupa & Tama La, though perhaps the flower is not so big. It has a fine scent, & grows very prettily. (Migitun - Nga).

30th August. Camp above Nga La. 5 miles Ht. 12800'. (Gentiana palaeocristata sp. nov. 2527). Fine for an hour or two in the morning: rain the rest of the day. I think we...

SUMMARY:
Monsoon rains begin, pleasing local Lopas and Tibetans, and the party notes cultivation of wheat, potatoes, and turnips while offering seeds for sowing. Ramzana finds a new primula (1662, Primula yargongensis) by a hill stream and another primula (1663, P. florindae) in meadows; headmen bring provisions as the party arranges for paid services and medical help.

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Polygonatum cirrhifolium 1668. Calanthe tricarinata 1669. Rhod. megeratum 1666, Rhod. triflorum 1675.
Rhod. neriiflorum 1676, 1677. Trillium tschonoskii 1670.

right down - typical monsoon weather in fact. The locals are rather pleased. They had had no rain till yesterday and connected its coming with ours. They seem to be a mixture of Lopas and Tibetans, some pure Lopas. The valley opens out a lot here and the hillsides are 'jhummed' a good deal. There is considerable cultivation - wheat, potatoes and turnips and the natives are very pleased at our offer of seeds to sow in their ground - for our use - though they will no doubt have as much as we do. None of us went out any distance, but Ramzana walked on to a primula which is new to us, 1662 (Prim. yargongensis), growing on the bank of a hill stream. There were only 6 or 8 flowers, so I think it must have come down from further up stream. But there is also another primula 1663 (P. florindae), a big yellow sikkimensis one, growing in the meadows opposite camp. It has very fine leaves, and stands about 2 ft high, like helodoxa. We were brought some eggs, butter and greens by the headmen, and we told them all we wanted was service in the way of coolies and would pay for everything and would doctor them. Immediately we were asked to remove a