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SUMMARY:
Notes minimum December temperatures at Daú and Tongkyuk Dz., records seed collection of turnip from Lunang, and lists several plant specimens with collection notes and dates. Collections are noted for Tongkyuk Dz. and Lunang on 22/12 and 21/12 respectively.

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Min temp. Daú 21-22 Dec. 11° F. Clear.
" Tongkyuk Dz. 22-23 " 13° F. "

Seed collected - Turnip from Lunang.
virgatum
12024 Rhod. 4-6' Tongkyuk Dz. 22/12.
vaccinium glauco-album
12025 Gaultheria 4" - 1 1/2' " "
buchananii v. tawangensis
12026 Berberis sp. evergreen " "
No number Lilium Wardii . " "
-- Codonopsis sp. - "
-- Notholirion hyacinthinum Lunang 21/12

SUMMARY:
Log of minimum temperatures, altitudes, and weather for successive camps at Layshing, Trulung, Chakzam, Sangyu, and Dre over January 8–16. Notes include heavy rain, snowfall, snow levels, and a 2-inch snowfall at camp.

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Min. Temps.
Layshing. Jan 8 - 9. 19° F.
6400' Trulung. 10 - 11 24° F.
" 11 - 12 34° F. Rain all night. Snow down to 7000'.
12 - 13 34° F Ditto. Heavy snow.
6800' Chakzam 13 - 14. 35° F. Heavy rain snow to 7500'
7000' Sangyu 14 - 15 23° F Clear till midnight, then heavy snow. 2" in camp.
Dre. 15 - 16. 24° F. Cloudy. Fine after 10.0.

SUMMARY:
Field notes record Primula species near Mipa, a description of the Mipa valley, a pilgrim with a goat and a sheep, and another Anthus nest with three eggs. On 20 June at Tama La (via Shagam La), the party found P. dryadifolia on cliffs and a yellow Meconopsis (2188), likely M. horridula var. lutea.

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Mipa - 20th. P. dryadifolia subsp. jonarduni 2181.
P. dickieana pantlingii 2174

masses in some boggy places, 2174. And an addition to our primulas in P. dryadifolia 2178 (pantlingii 2178), which Tendrup found in one place, on a south-faced cliff. I went and had a look at the Mipa valley this evening. This plain empties its water through a gorge to another about 1 m below it to the E. At the end of that the fir forest begins. It looks a wonderful valley, but I doubt if I could do much there without getting a long way down. A man passed today on pilgrimage. He was carrying a small load and a goat and a sheep were following. We asked what they were doing. "Oh they are on pilgrimage too." They followed quite happily. Saw another Anthus' (Sherriff) nest today - 3 eggs.

20th June. Tama La. 14500' 6 ½ m. Another grand day, absolutely perfect all morning, with not a cloud in the sky till about 9.00 am. The first two miles to the Shagam La are easy, the last very difficult, mostly over soft but deep snow. Reached the pass in just under 3 hours. ½ m below the pass there are some cliffs on the R of the road. Found P. dryadifolia on them, and a yellow meconopsis (2188) which looks like M. horridula. I wonder if it can be the Mec. argemonantha of Bailey.

(Mec. horridula var. lutea var. nov. 2188)

• SUMMARY:
  Notes a small patch of Primula tenuiloba on steep rocky cliffs, followed by observations of a Lerwa nest with five eggs and an Anthus nest with three eggs. At Mipa, records abundant primulas on hillsides, with Tenduk bringing specimens from Lhapu and a blue primula (2173) and another from Natrampa, and lists several Primula specimens (2137, 2173–2178).

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Ludlow

• P. alpestris 1831, 1833, Incarvillea lutea 1827 Prim. erosa 1832, = Ludlow at Kyimdong Dzong June 18th 96

P. tenuiloba 2172
P. tenuiloba 2172 in a small patch, where the cliffs are very steep & loose sharp rocks abound. It is a very pretty little thing. Huge flowers for its small leaves. Nothing more was seen till Mipa, in the flower line, but I walked on to a Lerwa's nest. It was under a very small Lonicera bush, shaded from rain, & only open from the downhill side, made of dried grass, & with a few feathers inside. Five eggs which took me 1 1/2 hours to blow, all with fledged chicks in them. A little further on I came across an Anthus nest with three eggs, perhaps A. hodgsoni? I did not take the eggs.

Mipa
Mipa is on a plain, with waterfalls coming down on all sides & a large heap of avalanche snow beside my camp below the hut. The hillsides above camp are liberally covered with primulas, in many places there is just moss with a primula shooting up every inch. P. Roylei (Calderiana), macrophylla, the blue purple one rather like Roylei & the bright claret are most common. Tenduk came in with the minute one found at Lhapu (2137) & the beautiful blue one which is just coming out everywhere 2173, & also the one Danu found at Natrampa. Two kept in a tin till it opened (2174). Tenduk found

P. rhodochroa 2137, 2177
P. Cawdoriana 2173
P. dickieana var. pantlingii 2174, 2178

SUMMARY:
At Mipa Taktsa the party halted, noting fine weather early before mist and rain, and surveyed the valley northwest of camp with extensive rock ridges and a broad plain. Primulas were abundant, with mentions of a yellow form and P. rhodochroa (specimen 2137), and earlier P. jucunda (2175). There was trouble with insufficient coolies, leading to rations being left behind, and a plan to visit a large plain west of camp.

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P. jucunda 2175
A yellow one 2175, which may or may not be new to us, I cannot remember. This place is chock-a-block with primulas, but we have most of them by now. There is little else out. I saw a good many glandula, in pairs I think, or heterotrichous stellatus quite close to camp. The country is very hilly and I should think difficult to get about in, but there is a large plain up a bit west of camp, which I am going to see tomorrow. Some trouble over coolies; enough did not turn up and now some rations have been left behind.

Mipa Taktsa
19th June. Halt. A fine day for a change. Really perfect till 8.0 am, then misty and rainy for a good deal of the rest of the day, and showers that were not worth calling showers. We went up the valley NW of camp and it is a wonderful place, consisting of a lot of parallel rock ridges, between which are little valleys, in the case of the main valley, a big open flat plain, with the river wandering down it. On the East side are fine cliffs. We visited all these and wandered all over the place. Primulas there are in thousands, the ground is just covered with all kinds. Added to what I saw yesterday are 2137, the little one, the Nabrampa one in
P. rhodochroa 2137

SUMMARY:
Entries describe observations around Mira La, including Lerwa, snipe, and abundant Notholirion campanulatum, with fieldwork by the diarist alongside Tsungpen and Tendu yielding notable finds such as Meconopsis horridula var. lutea and a distinctive Saxifraga. Taylor is ill then recovers, Anna falls ill, and a Pu chu man is engaged to collect seeds for delivery to a monastery below the Dzong at Tsela Dz.; later a move north of Mira La is hampered by slow and misrouted coolies, with Chomo Dzong noted next.

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Butterflies
Some of these tomorrow. No sign of any Parnassius butterflies, although the hills seem ideal
Birds
for them. No snow cock seen or heard, but Lerwa common. One snipe seen, nearly hit by
Tsungpen with a catapult, but it fluttered away and was taken by a kite. There is a small
wooden hut here, and some yakherds further up the valley. A good camp site. At yesterday's camp
Notholirion
there were many Notholirion campanulatum. I counted more than a dozen together in one
place. It is rather smaller and pinker than the one I took under No. 5923: from Kulu Phu Chu.

Mira La
14th August. Halt. Fine nearly all day, with a few showers. Taylor still very unfit and unable to go out
at all, but he feels better this evening. Anna is also down with flu or something like that. I went
out to the West, with Tsungpen, Tendu and a coolie. We did not find very much, but we got some good
P. Younghusbandii 6061
things. Primula aff. macrocarpa is very interesting (6061): it has such flaccid leaves, with copious
Mec. horridula var. lutea 6062
white farina. The best find was probably Mec. horridula var. lutea 6062, which is only known
from our three specimens seen in 1936 in Tsari. It is very common here. A beautiful little
Sax. haematochroa 6070 sp. nov. type
Saxifraga was found by Tendu (6070) which was coloured soft velvety dark crimson. A lovely evening
today, the sky tonight absolutely clear.

15th August. Halt. Fine all day, with one short shower. Taylor all right again, and did a full day on the
Butterfly Birds
hillside. I got few flowers, but caught 10 Parnassius and saw three P. tischelanus. It is clear again tonight
and looks very promising for tomorrow. I have arranged for a Pu chu man, who has been to Darjeeling,
Seeds
to collect seeds of Mec. horridula var. lutea and take them to a small monastery below the Dzong at
Tsela Dz. In return he is to get Rs 5/- (Indian). I have told him to come here in one
month's time.

16th August. Camp. North of Mira La. Fine till 11.00 am, then a good deal of rain, some thunder. The
coolies were terribly slow, some taking 5 hours to the Pass. None would admit to knowing the Pass,
and some went over a different one to the one the rest crossed. They reached a different valley of
course, and never turned up at all tonight. So I have no tent and bed. Flowers disappointing.
Notholirion
Near camp, Notholirion campanulatum very common indeed.

17th August. Chomo Dzong. 12 miles. Rained in the morning, fine but cloudy afternoon. Coolies