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SUMMARY:
Page lists plant specimens with collection numbers, dates, and localities, including Karutra, Kashongka, Sanga Choling, Migyitun, and Tendong. Notes include taxa such as Primula, Gentiana, Lonicera, and Scrophularia, with one elevation noted as 13000.

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2257 P. pulchelloides. Karutra. 13000. 8/10. (Jaffrayana Sanga Choling 20/6)
2342 Scrophularia Karutra 12/7 (Jacaranda lutea Karutra)
2357 Gent. phyllocalyx (big) Kashongka. 9/10. (4/7)
1713 Heath. Kashongka 10/10 (Diplarche Migyitun 26/5)
2375 P. nivalis sp. Kashongka 10/10 (macro. v. macrocarpa Kashongka 15/7)
2393 Lonicera myrtillus Kashongka 11/6 (19/7)
2733 Sax. Kashongka 12/10 (?)
2732 (2). Small yellow prim. Kashongka 12/10 (P. morsheadiana 11/10)
2370 Yellow petal. primula. Kashongka. 9/10. (P. helodoxa var. lutea 24/7)
2735 (See 2359 Tendong prim. Kashongka 12/10. (P. rimicola 13/10)
2037 Gent. (main heads) Kashong

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2219 Mec. betonicifolia. Yume Podzo Sumdo. 26/6/36.
2252 Ficariifolia lutea Scrophularia (like this) Sanga Choling Kyimpu. 29/6/36
2477 pallida Saxifraga. Chikchar. 23/8/36
2484 odontica Prim. Valentiniana. " - 24/8/36
2483 Gent. like G. phyllocalyx but smaller. " 23/8/36
2490 P. chionantha subsp. sikkimensis White Prim. sikkimensis - 27/8/36
2492 Morina nepalensis - 23/8/36
2497 Primula 1642 flava Podzo Sumdo 25/8/36
2498 Dicrv. pantlingii " 1654. - 25/8/36

1611. Fritillary. cirrhosa Yarap Chikchar. 18/5/36
      1613 Mec. simplicifolia Yarap 19/5/36
      2500 Gaultheria trichophylla ? like a heath. Podzo Sumdo. 25/8/36
      2501 ? Bears food. -
      2503 Rubus Raspberry. Migyitun 2

SUMMARY:
List of seeds and seedlings, including shipments to Edinburgh from Chungkar and Trashigong, and numerous collections with taxa, locations, and dates. Entries document collections across sites such as Trimo, Kyimpu, and mountain passes, primarily in 1936 with one in 1937.

CONTENT:
SEEDS. etc.

Seed of 552 - 554 sent to Edinburgh from Chungkar.
Seedlings of 1166 (Pistacia chinensis) - Gentian amoena. Edinburgh from Trashigong.

Seeds of 1193 (Phengme, R. nivale), 1257? (Pangchen, R. neriiflorum), 1264 (Pangchen, R. glabrescens), 1285 (Lepo, R. baileyi)
1306 (Trimo, R. wallichii), 1316 (Loro Chu Valley, R. lacteum), 1374 (Tremo, Gentian), 1376 (Lung, Primula luteola), 1568 (Le La, Rh. falconeri ser.)
1327 (Kap, Primula), 1328 (Kap, Rhododendron) Edinburgh 12. 5. 36.

2312 (Philadelphus coronarius) Shrub. 5-10' white 4 pts. Nakampa 2/7/36
2316 (Sene exalata) Aquilegia. Trimo. 8/7/37
2332 (crassum) Rhod. maddenii. Lung. 10/6/36
2342 (Incarvillea lutea, Karu-to) Scrophularia (lily like). Kyimpu. 12/7/36
2364 (Diplarche multiflora) Heath. Kashongha. 14/7/36
2439 (alpina) Pinguicula. Kyimpu. 25/7/36
2441 (capitata) Primula atrodentata. Kyimpu. 26/7/36
1990 (atrodentata) Primula atrodentata. Trashan La. 9/8/36
2049 (P. walshii) Little primula. Choram. 14/8/36
2071 (rosea) Primula not yet out. Tashan La. 15/8/36
2080 (?) Primula (Pet ?). Tashan La. 15/8/36
2081 (tsariensis) Primula (1621?). Tashan La. 15/8/36
2082 (?) - Tashan La. 15/8/36
2090 (Gen. crassuloides) v small gentian. Tsohumang. 18/8/36
2088 Meconopsis simplicifolia. Choram. 16/8/36

SUMMARY:
Diary entries record fine weather, observations of flowering Gentiana and seed collecting of Primula species around Kyimpu Halt and Le La. On 4 October the author moves to a camp north of Drichung La, parts from Ludlow and Lumsden, and continues with Ahmad Sheikh, Tsongpen, and Pimbo toward Trim while continuing seed collections.

CONTENT:
Scrophularia & Codonopsis vinciflora. Androsace not yet ripe, & G. waltonii is in full flower.

2nd October. Kyimpu Halt. A fine day with sun all day. The Drichung La has a lot of snow, but it should soon go with this sun. Went up to the Le La, & saw G. amoena in full flower. Got a fine haul of seeds of P. nivalis (macrophylla?) & a similar higher altitude one. Most are barely ripe yet, as P. cawdoriana, P. rotundifolia. A little Mec. bella found.

3rd October. Kyimpu Halt. A perfect day, even the hills being clear of cloud almost all day. Stayed in camp & dried & packed seeds.

4th October. Camp N of Drichung La. 15000'(?) 7 miles. Fine, but cloudy except from 8.0 am till 1.30 pm. Quite a good day for seeds again, but P. cawdoriana is not yet ripe. Left Ludlow & Lumsden behind, will next see them in India, at Dirang Dzong about the end of November. Ahmad Sheikh & Tsongpen accompany me, & Pimbo as far as Trim to make the bandobast. Seeds of P. nivalis sp very common & ripe 2719. They are the same as the Le La seeds 1561(2). Also a Primula like P. atrodentata, but I think perhaps different 2722. Snow lies about 500 ft above camp, & thence to the top. I handed over my gun

SUMMARY:
Travel from above Natrampa to Karubra and then near Kashongla with generally cloudy, wet weather and some snow higher up. Seeds of several plants were collected, and the party met a Sikkim lama from near Trashi Trongmo who spoke some Nepali. Distances and times between camps are noted.

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7th October. Camp above Natrampa. 6 miles. 11500'. Cloudy all day, with a little fine drizzle. The clouds come rushing up the valley from Lung, and gradually fade away, but it is still generally wet. Found some seed of Gent. Waltoni ripe, the little yellow sedum, and the yellow Dracocephalum: also the Thalictrum collected at Zumsati. Coolies very happy but exceptionally slow. Left camp at 6.30, reached here at 12.0 noon.

8th October. Karubra. Another very short day, in at 11.00. We could see that beyond the Duchung La it was absolutely clear all morning. Here the sun shone most of the day, but it also rained nearly all afternoon. Monsoon clouds come up to the main range, and just fade away. Got seeds of the blue Dracocephalum and P. pulchelloides, an aquilegia and the big scrophularia, and a few of the small androsace. The big one is not yet ripe. Here we met a Sikkim lama, who had forgotten all his Lepcha but could talk a little Nepali. He comes from near Trashi Trongmo, where he has been for 14 years: a nice man.

9th October. Camp 2 m W of Kashongla. 14000'. A most disappointing day. It rained all night, and snow was down to 500' above Karubra.