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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:
Travel along the Nayu Chu was difficult with deep water and mud; Magnolia globosa was found in bloom and a route toward the Tunza La is noted. On 11 July at Nayu, the headman offered ponies for transport to Lamdo and social visits ensued, including mention of his relation to Ashe Cyelmo of Sangacholing; a preserved bird specimen spoiled. On 12 July the party moved to SHOKA amid showers, with reports of Khampa robbers crossing the Tsangpo and the Nayu gyupon departing to meet them.

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Hydrangea heteromalla 5809
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Nayu Chu
where the water today was anything up to 5 ft deep. Some of the logs were 6" or a foot under water, which made them very tricky things to cross. But no one fell in. The mud all the way is awful & very deep too. We found Magnolia globosa (?) 5805, in bloom, but otherwise nothing of interest was seen. From just this side of Damze a path leads up a large valley to the East, to the Tunza La, over which in August, the Minyu Lopas come. It seems to be a much higher pass, and would have been better there, but we can't go now for lack of rations.

11th July. Nayu 5 miles. Rained a good deal at night. Fine, with showers here. Some sun. We got in by 9 am & have everything dried now. The headman is very friendly again & he has offered his ponies to take me to Lamdo, a great blessing, as otherwise I should have had to change transport no less than ten places on the way there. I am paying at the rate of Rs 1/12 (Tib) from here to Lamdo per pony. That is more than I would otherwise pay, but worth it every time. Everything I have from the tent down intrigues these people, & the headman even brought his wife down to see everything, which I think I must put up with. And now I have to have some food with him this evening & let him hear the wireless, which will probably not work. He is related, I find to Ashe Cyelmo of Sangacholing. As far as I can make out his brother was her first husband, & another brother married one of the daughters. All three daughters were this brother's, not the Drugpa Rimpoche's. When he said his brother married one of the daughters, I recognized him. They are really very alike, but this man has more in him.

The young black woodpecker has gone bad, viz. is a mass of maggots. It seems this formalin method of preservation is a rotten one. I have lost two good birds now, & may lose more.

12th July. To SHOKA. 7 miles. Showers all day, no sun. I was asked not to leave this morning, I think because the gyupon had some work to do, but he said because of a band of 100 Khampa robbers who were coming across the Tsangpo, going upstream. They are said to be all ex-lamas of one monastery which was burnt by the Chinese. The lamas turned robbers seem to cause consternation wherever they go. The Nayu gyupon went off too this morning, to meet them I suppose, with him rode

SUMMARY:
Notes an observation of Primula vernicosa lacking scapes despite being common. Describes routes from Nayu along the Tsangpo to Suoka (via Pangya and Tungdo) and onward to Paka (via Rakwa, Pema Trongmo, the P. Trongmo Chu, and Kangka), including bridge conditions and nearby passes (Lolung Leku La, Tsanang La, Kucha La).

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245a

White Nayu Chu

5808. Primula vernicosa. I was unfortunately unable to find a single plant with scape, although the primula is common. It seems to be like P. vernicosa, but I have never seen this with such large leaves.

x Nayu to Lando i Suoka 7 miles. Path keeps down the R bank to Pangya, then along a good level path to Tungdo (m 3), quite a large village, with some Lopa huts beside it. Thence on, through pine forest to a spur ½ m S of the Tsangpo, where there is a bridge (washed away July 38) leading over the Suoka Chu to Suoka, m 7. A path leads up to Suoka Chu to the Suoka La, said to be a very low pass, to be two full days march to the South. Lopas come over this in Tibetan 9th month, with rice. The same sort of Lopas as come over the Lando La.

ii Paka 10½ miles. Path good the whole way. At m 2½ a small village, RAKWA, is passed. (Gumbo-wo of the map is on the L bank of the Tsangpo almost opposite - not on the R. bank). At m 5 Pema Trongmo is reached, & at m 6½ the P. Trongmo Chu is crossed. There is no bridge, & it is in summer a big river, sometimes not easy or impossible to ford. Thence to Kangka, at m 7½, at m 9½ Paka at m 10½. A good deal of cultivation is passed this march. Paka is at the mouth of a large nala leading to the 'Lando La' of the map. No such pass exists, but there are three passes which are reached by this valley. The westernmost is called the LOLUNG LEKU LA & leads to Lopa country. The centre one is the TSANANG LA, & the Eastern one the KUCHA LA.

SUMMARY:
The diarist describes severe wind and snow near a pass, continued mixed weather, and seed collecting of Primula, Gentiana stictantha, Meconopsis bella, and Diplarche multiflora. Coolies were to return to Karutra, about 50 Crossoptilon were seen, and Tsongpen suffered from snow blindness.

CONTENT:
on the South side, while on the N. it was bright sun, though the
snow was blown a good distance beyond the pass, by a very strong
wind. The primula rotundifolia seeds are not yet ripe, we could
find no P. tenuiloba. But I got some good seed of P. nivalis sp., and
several other things of less importance. The marks we left for
Gent. stictantha were covered with snow, but I found a few
ripe seeds. Many have been eaten by insects. Coolies returned
to Karutra, are to come on the sixth day. On the way
up above Karutra, I came across about 50 Crossoptilon,
but did not shoot any.

Near Kashong La
10th October. Halt. Yesterday afternoon and evening were beastly.
A howling gale was blowing, and it snowed steadily all evening
and a good deal of the night. The wind dropped about 8:00 pm.
Tsongpen had bad snow blindness, and has had it all today
too. Today was lovely after about 8:00 am till 1:00 pm.
Then the rain came on and later on snow, but the wind
has not been nearly so strong, and only in gusts. I found
a few more seeds of G. stictantha, some Mec. bella and
a little yellow primula, besides a heath (Diplarche multiflora) which we
collected above Mignitum. This heath, 1713, turns a lovely