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SUMMARY:
Notes list Primula specimens (including P. winteri, P. jaffreyana, P. atrodentata) and Rhododendron series, with observations on flowering and leaf characters. Kodachrome entries mention willow catkins at Lomo (same as Lusong willow), peaches at Tongkyuk and Tongkyuk Dzong, quince, and Rhododendron in snow at Lumang. Several entries are dated in late March and April.

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12311. P. Winteri. See No 12052 taken same spot. Still not in flower. More particularly the great amount of farina on these plants which are not yet in flower, compared with specimens in full flower under other numbers.
12312. P. Jaffreyana not in flower.
       12317 P. atrodentata.
       12319 P. Winteri - note crenulation of leaves, and length of scape.
       12320 P. aff. chungensis not in flower.

Kodachrome 18
Willow catkins Lomo 31/3. Same as Lusong willow.
Rhod. pink = No. 12313 "
Piptanthus sp -
Yellow flowered tree - 12321 peach blossom behind.
Peaches at Tongkyuk 7/4.

No 19.
Rhododendron virgatum ser. No. 12326 5/4
Tongkyuk Dzong peach blossom. "
Prim. atrodentata. "
Rhod. ? Thomsonii ser. 12313. "

No 20.
T. Henrici on Rhod. 12313. ② Rhod. 12313 close up. ③ Rhod. 12329.
Quince 11/4. Rhod 12375 11/4 Fine specimen of Rhod 12313 in snow Lumang. 12/4 //

SUMMARY:
Notes from Natrampa dated April 29 list Rhododendron taxa with associated regional distributions and numbers. Several entries note possible new species (sp. nov.) alongside areas such as Yunn., S.E.T., Burm.-Tib. frontier, Assam, Sik., Bhut., Tibet, and India N.E. Frontier.

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Natrampa
April 29.

Rhododendrons
Yunn. S.E.T., Burm.-Tib. frontier - neriiflorum 1352
Assam. Tib. Burm.-Tib. frontier triflorum 1353
Sik. Bhut. 8582b cinnabarinum var.
Var. no. purpurellum 1354
Sik. Bhut. 8581b. glaucophyllum 1355
Sik. Bhut. 8582b cephalanthum 1356
Yunn. S.E.T. Burm. Ass. 8580. fulvum 1357
Yunn. S.E. Tibet. India N.E. Frontier. arizelum 1358
sp. nov. - populare 1359
sp. nov. dekatanum 1360
Yunn. Tib. Ass. Burm. megeratum 1361
Sik. Tib. pumilum? 1362
S.E.T. Bhut. tsariense 1364
sp. no. amandum 1365
Sik. Bhut. virgatum 1366

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SUMMARY:
The party marches through dense forest near Rongang, noting many Primula mollis (first not in flower, then found flowering) but few other plants of interest, with capsules of a lily and some rhododendrons observed. Route discussions mention Nashina as not promising, Serdong La lacking nearby water, and Tiu as the best first halt, while Ngudup grows increasingly depressed about their plans.

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we were in. Then at about mile 5 the path levels off till just before reaching here it drops suddenly again. In the dense forest, both close to Rongang and in the very steep bit, there was any amount of the new primula 18806 (P. mollis), but again not in flower. Apart from that the march was very uninteresting. Poor Ngudup gets more and more depressed as he hears of where we are going and how long we will stay there. We still don't get very good information though. It seems Nashina would be much good, though the Serdong La might be good, but there is no water within miles of the pass. Tiu seems our best bet for the first halt.

4th May. Shambling. 6 miles. Very heavy rain all last night until just as we started. Fine but mist and cloud today. We found our primula in flower today (P. mollis 18816), very close to Rongang, and also just beside camp here. Otherwise nothing of interest seen - in fact these last two days have really been remarkable for the absence of flowers. There were, near the pass yesterday, capsules of a lily - either Lilium nepalense or L. nepalense var. concolor, and there were many Rhododendron virgatum and Rhododendron griffithianum. But today we really saw nothing at all. We can however, see the snows, not the main range, but a subsidiary running South. Today's road climbs for the first mile round a spur and