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SUMMARY:
A steep climb from above Gundusa through forest to the Byasu La is described, with open grassy slopes, fir, and rhododendron beyond the pass. Several alpine plants are noted, and Tenduk finds a red rhododendron in bloom; houses are present and yaks come up next month.

CONTENT:
It must be about 120° M. Path leaves directly above Gundusa, enters the forest. Thence it is a climb all the way, in places very steep indeed to the Byasu La, which is reached at m 3. The pass is approximately 100 ft above camp. We saw little on the way up, the only flower being a yellow rhododendron which is very like 3063 R. lanatum, except that the indumentum is pale grey coloured, No 3074. Immediately over the pass the country opens out and there are beautiful clear grassy slopes, with fir and rhododendron in between. On the open ground Primula flava is in masses No 3067. Prim. strumosa is common, but barely out in the little nala sides. There are signs of a Prim. involucrata too, but only in leaf so far. Two meconopsis are common. Mec. paniculata and Mec. sinuata? No 3068, which is just on the point of coming into flower. Tenduk found a red rhododendron in full bloom. It is very like Rhod. fulgens, but has no indumentum on the leaf, which is like a Thomsonii rhododendron, No 3075. This must be a lovely place in summer on a fine day. We have just had sufficient glimpse to see how nice it must be. There are some houses here, and the yaks come up next month and stay up.

SUMMARY:
The diarist descends through an Abies forest after passing a small flat, noting masses of Primula roylei in clearings and Primula whitei in damp forest, with several rhododendrons including a pale mauve form. After brief rain the weather clears, and plans are made to attempt reaching the holy lakes the next day, though climbing peaks is deemed impossible.

CONTENT:
A small open flat is passed at 1 1/2. Then the forest of Abies is entered and the path wanders down this by an easy descent to m 3, where a valley enters from the south. A little beyond this is a clearing where a small camp can be made.

Several rhododendrons were seen on the way down, but most were not in full bloom yet. Primula roylei is in masses wherever there is a clearing, while damp spots in the forest have Primula whitei growing to perfection, dotted about all over the place, on mossy slopes. Rain started at 1:00 pm. There are no built-up shelters beyond yesterday's camp. The coolies hoped I might stay there for a day. They can reach the holy lakes in one day from there, and back, with difficulty, starting about 3:00 or 4:00 am. We will go up tomorrow if the weather is good and see how far we can get, but any hope of climbing the peaks is out of the question.

The prettiest rhododendrons today were Rhododendron fulgens (?) 3090 and a pale mauve one 3087 which looks very pretty indeed when fully out, as I saw it in a side valley below us. The rain did not last for long and now it is again clear at 4:30 pm. I do hope we have a good day tomorrow to see the lakes, though I hardly expect to find many flowers.

SUMMARY:
At Nyingsang La the party gathered several rhododendrons between the north and south passes, noted Primula boothii in bud, and faced difficulties with a pony while traveling from Tsona via Tawang. Sanders felt cold compared to October 1934, and Pimbo ensured rapid travel; on the 14th November halt they dried rhododendron seed and briefly collected a small epiphytic rhododendron.

CONTENT:
Nyingsang La. 2850, 2849. Rh. camelliiflorum 2845, fulgens 2846, Thomsonii 2847, Rh. 2848, campanulatum 2851 (203)

Nyingsang La. 2850g.
La. we got another 3 or 4 rhododendrons & several more between the N pass & the S one, none epiphytic shrubs from this side. No flowers seen. I started to ride, but gave up after one hour as the pony could not carry me & barely go on itself. Sanders feels pretty cold, but not nearly so cold as in Oct. 1934. On the way up the north side, we saw a lot of Prim. Boothii, but just small buds very densely covered with thick yellowish farina. Pimbo has done well to get us here in 5 days from Tsona, and with no later arrival than 4.30 at Tawang & here. These are both long marches, with a lot of climbing in them.

14th November. Halt. A beautiful morning, clouds coming up by midday, mist low in the evening. Spent the day drying yesterday's rhododendron seed, and only out a short time, getting one small epiphytic rhod (2853) [R. camelliiflorum 2853, 2852], the flower of which we collected in March, & a