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SUMMARY:
Persistent cold rain kept the party in camp. The diarist noted Sorbus ursina in flower and extensive but unflowered Thalictrum chelidonifolia, hoped for a clear day to reach the Monla Karchung La to see Kula Kangri, and on the 25th a delayed pony and arrival of mail and supplies forced a return to camp.

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24th June. Halt. Again very wet indeed all night and day, and very cold too. We stayed in camp, or just wandered about near camp, and I have decided only to remain up here till 28th returning that day to Pangotang for a week. I think everyone is glad. This hasn't been very interesting at all. Today I found Sorbus ursina (I think) in flower at last. It is a very pretty rowan, well worth introducing at home. Seed should be easily collected I think. Also I saw an immense amount of Thalictrum chelidonifolia, more than I have ever seen before. It is not yet in flower, and I fear will not be fully out till after we leave. But the patch I saw must be a good sight when fully in flower. We are all tired of rain, and would do with a good sunny day. I hope for one clear day, to make a dash up to the Monla Karchung La. I don't think we will get many flowers, but I'd like to see Kula Kangri from the pass.

25th June. Halt. Still a filthy day. For these four days we have hardly been able to see 100 yards at any time, and it has been very cold indeed. We meant to be off early, but the pony did not turn up. Then when we got away at 7.0 a man from HH turned up with mail and rice and potatoes and butter and so on. So I had to come back,

SUMMARY:
List of plants noted and photographed in mid–late June, including Primula, Meconopsis, Diapensia, Sorbus, Cypripedium, with brief habitat notes (near pass, lake at pass, on cliff). Entries detail frames on Dufaycolor 15–16 and Kodachrome 16, with shipments of Dufaycolor 13–15 and Kodachrome 14–16 sent on 30/06/1949.

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B.W. 8.
1 Primula caveana. 18/6
2 " macrophylla & macrocarpa 18/6
3 Meconopsis simplicifolia & snows near pass 20/6
4 " " sp. strumosa. 20/6
5 " " & lake at pass. 20/6
6 Primula bellidifolia 21/6
7 Diapensia himalaicum. 22/6
8 Primula sapphirina 23/6
9 Primula caveana. 25/6
10 Primula pusilla ?? close 25/6
11 Sorbus 19235 26/6
12 Primula bellidifolia 27/6

Dufaycolor 15
1 Diapensia himalaicum 22/6
2 Meconopsis horridula "
3 Primula sapphirina 23/6
4 Primula caveana 25/6
5 } Sorbus urania? 19235.
6 }

D. 13, 14, 15 sent 30.6.49

Dufaycolor 16
1 Primula bellidifolia 27/6
2 Cypripedium tibeticum "
3 Primula umbratilis "
(Sent in batch 15)
4
5
6

Kodachrome 16.
Diapensia himalaicum. 22/6
(some blanks, stuck film)
Meconopsis horridula 22/6
Primula caveana 2 shots 25/6
Meconopsis simplicifolia & Rhododendron anthopogon 25/6
Primula umbratilis on cliff. 27/6

Kodachrome 14, 15, 16 sent 30.6.49

SUMMARY:
The writer reports that meat set aside by Lhahpa was stolen overnight, likely by a dog, while Lhahpa suspects passing Tibetans. A letter from Rani Chuni relays that H.H. says the Maharajkumar may go to England with them for several months, prompting logistical concerns; on 27 June they halt, deem the area poor after working all surrounding valleys, plan to leave tomorrow, and note certain plants absent here but present at the Mela.

CONTENT:
I had rather looked forward to some fried liver this morning, but something - presumably a dog - took away the whole liver, kidneys & some fat which Lhahpa had put aside in a dekchi, during the night. Yundru was sleeping within a yard, so I don't think it could have been a man - unless Yundru himself! Lhahpa suspects Tibetans as many are passing down just now, but I don't think that is likely.

There is a slight sign of a let up in the rain this evening. The most startling news in the mail yesterday was in a letter from Rani Chuni, who says 'we are so glad to hear from H.H. that the Maharajkumar is going to England with you for 5 or 6 months'. Now we have heard nothing of this at all as yet, which seems a bit odd. Presumably H.H. will ask us in August what he wants. He has probably only said what he would like to happen. In any case we must tell him it will be alright. If we have a house, then there is no real difficulty. But if we have to wander about looking for a house, & at the same time look after M.K., then it won't be at all easy.

27th June Halt. We all think we have finished this area, & I don't consider it a good one at all. We've worked every valley round about & leave tomorrow. Notable as not occurring here, & occurring at the Mela are P. sikkimensis, dich

SUMMARY:
Seed collections are listed with specimen numbers and brief locality notes around camp, river, lake, and cliffs, including several Primula species, anemones, Rheum, and Androsace. Notes record seed sent to Taylor and to G.T.

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Seed from Waitang

Nomocharis nana 19121 1 ½ blue 300' N of camp.
P. calderiana x strumosa 19000 ABC roots. 1 white in bottom ½ m N of camp. Dark eye.
1 " " " among shrubs. light eye.
2 ½ blue below camp near big rock.
P. caveana white 19175 X 8 plants marked up at head of valley, river in from E.
P. bellidifolia 19181
P. muscarioides 19183
Conifer 19198 across river
Blue anemone 19201 ½ m above camp where path used to go up. Keep below near where they join again.
Yellow " 19202
P. strumosa 19204
Rheum spiciforme 19205 200' S of lake.
Small purple pea 18992
Big anemone by lake 19207
P. tenuifolia 19212
Cochlearia white 19215 some as in 37. Cliff on L. bank near bridge. (not ripe)
Androsace globifera cushion 19217 (not ripe)
" " 2" - 3" 19220 cliff L. bank near bridge.
P. capitata 19227
Anemone narcissiflora 19232
Primula elongata
Sorbus ursina 19235
P. macrophylla v. macrocarpa near where pony tied up Dumpra. up past R moraine to overhanging cliff with big rock beside it.

Seed sent to Taylor on 30/6
18907 Surus?
18924 Rosa mac?
19058 (2) Berberis (Kautam)
19092 Allium white.
18943 Myricaria.
20123 Prunus Rudolpha
Sent to G.T. on 10/7.
Prim. atrodentata 19

SUMMARY:
The writer notes forgetting camera film, observes leopard pug marks and young monal, and describes brief sun before returning rain and cold, with plans to leave and spend a week at Pangotang. A procession including Tasho Penlo Wangdi’s small son heads toward Tsurphu monastery near Lhasa, and on 28 June at Pangotang, Betty’s letter of 11 June arrives reporting some plant collections despite poor conditions as mist and rain persist.

CONTENT:
nice telephoto cine pictures, but found I had left out the film for the camera! Then we saw fresh pug marks of leopard, probably after the burrhel. And also we saw young monal, just able to fly. Today for a change we saw the sun. It was quite nice and dry from about 7.0 till 1.0 pm. Since then the rain and mist are down again, and it's very cold. We leave tomorrow, will have about a week at Pangotang as a centre again. Tasho Penlo Wangdi's small son passed on his way to Tsurphu monastery near Lhasa today, with a terrific string of animals. I didn't see the brother, but there were two other small children very gaily dressed and mounted. They are going to a miserably cold place, which I should not think they would like after Bhutan.

28th June Pangotang. Betty's mail of 11th June came in late last night about 6.0 pm. She also complains that there is not much to collect there, but I am pretty sure she will find a good deal later on. In any case they have got P. xanthopa, jonarduni, soldanelloides, and I think have done very well indeed. It dawned fine today and I thought we'd have a lovely day, but mist came up at once and turned to rain. We did have a couple of hours sun though before rain set in hard about 11.0, and it has continued since. Packed up a mail

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The author reports rapid wear of shoes, sends mail, and has Pasang and Mundra go to Shasjebang, expecting their return on 1 July; letters from Betty include Chuni’s quip about B.J.’s impending child. On 29 June a halt is kept with some rain; photos are developed, stores rearranged ahead of moving toward Bumthang, Lhakpa washes clothes, fleas are dealt with using DDT, and observations are made on late flowering and snow conditions near Me La.

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shoes, I calculated on a life of 6 weeks easy. Actually they are through in 3 weeks or even less, and better than the cheap Bata muck costing Rs 2/- each. Before the war Dunlop tennis shoes lasted 2 months or more on these trips. Mail went off early in the morning, Pasang & Mundra go down to Shasjebang to get what they can, return on 1st July. Among the letters Betty sent me was one from Chuni. She had heard that B.J.'s new wife was to have a baby, B.J. being I suppose 70 now. Chuni's remark was "Is there a Lost Horizon in the Isle of Wight?"

29th June Halt. A fine day right up till 2.0pm, after which a good deal of rain. Stayed in camp again, to the great showing up of our collection. In two days we have got 2 specimens only! Pasang & Mundra went off to Shasjebang. I developed photos, which are good, re-arranged stores, as we won't come back here till just before going to Bumthang, & Lhakpa washed some clothes. Since we've been away, other people have used our hut, so it seems to me it is full of fleas. At any rate I have collected a great many today, & have had to cover myself with DDT. I still cannot think why this place - indeed Bhutan generally - is so late flowering. The Lola Smith side was free of snow except for a very small bit at the top, in April. Betty talks of walking over 1 1/2 miles of snow to the Me La on June 10th. The Me La is higher, but not all that. One is 13500 & the other about 14500'. Here we have not come across much snow, but there is no doubt that flowers on

SUMMARY:
The diarist reflects on rainfall patterns across SE Tibet and suggests a rain-gauge transect from Sikkim to the Tsangpo Gorge. On 30 June heavy rain hampers collecting, with Meconopsis bella absent and only M. simplicifolia common; seed of P. atrodentata is ripe, and plans are made to try Marlung, Waitang, and Trompa-lun. On 1 July, despite very wet conditions, the diarist and one Bhutanese assistant go via the Chachhu La to a large high-altitude lake.

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the south side here, are lower than similar ones on the north side in SE Tibet. I can't see the reason, unless it be that rain does not reach the main range in any amount until about the first week in June, whereas it certainly does before that further east. A line of rain gauges at similar heights from Sikkim to the Tsangpo Gorge, on the actual rain axis would be most interesting.

30th June. Halt. Rain most of the day, especially morning. A thoroughly bad day for the last of the month. I went out round over the cliffs opposite camp & came back without getting a flower. It seemed ideal for Mec. bella for instance, but there was no sign. In fact the only common Mec. in this whole area is simplicifolia. I hope we will find Marlung better than here or Waitang. At any rate I plan to get over to the Trompa-lun somehow, & feel confident that will be better. But one cannot find out anything about these places without actually going. Locals will tell you anything without knowing, or nothing if they do know. Seed of P. atrodentata is now ripe. It is always the first to ripen.

1st July. Halt. A very wet day indeed, but I went out with just one Bhutanese to carry the press, & went up the Chachhu La route to a very big lake about 15000'. We had a good day on the whole, & had I only been living up there, I believe we would have done really well. Saw masses of

SUMMARY:
Page lists botanical subjects and frames for black-and-white, Dufaycolour, and Kodachrome rolls, with dates in late June to early July. Notes include Primula, Meconopsis, Saxifraga and others, with locations such as P'tang, near Tolegang, and Burkhel (including a lake and telephoto views), plus a yakherd's hut.

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B. W. 9.

1. Primula umbratilis on cliff. 27/6.
2. Saxifraga with stolons 19270 2/7
3. Primula umbratilis. "
4. Meconopsis sinuata var. alpicola var. luna P'tang "
5. Meconopsis paniculata in mist. 3/7
6. Primula umbratilis pale 19332 & Saxifraga 19306 3/7
7. Primula waddellii. 19330 3/7
8. Androsace 19366 6/7
9. Potentilla curviseta? 19344 7/7
10. Primula jonardunii. 19378 "
11. Meconopsis simplicifolia lake. "
12. Primula hopeana by stream.

Dufaycolour 16.

1. Saxifraga with stolons 19270 2/7
2. Primula umbratilis. "
3. Meconopsis sinuata var. alpicola P'tang. "
   Slide No.
   (2) 4. Primula umbratilis pale 19332 & Saxifraga 19306 3/7
   (3) 5. Primula waddellii 19330 3/7
   (4) 6. Primula " " 3/7
   (5) 7. Androsace 19366 6/7
   (6) 8. Potentilla curviseta? 19344 7/7

Kodachrome 17
Salvia. 19125 28/6
Meconopsis paniculata & waterfall 1/7.
Rosa 19082 2/7
Saxifraga with stolons 19270 2/7
Meconopsis sinuata & Primula alpicola 2/7
close up.

Kodachrome 18
Primula hopeana near Tolegang 3/7
Primula umbratilis light form 19332 3/7
" " & Saxifraga 19306. 3/7
Androsace 19366 6/7
Yakherds hut surrounded by Primulas
Sikkim hopeana. Close up. Asters.
Pedicularis. 6/7.

Kodachrome 19
Potentilla curviseta 19344 7/7
Burkhel. Tele. "
Lake below Burkhel: "
Primula umbratilis against sun on cliff "
Primula jonardunii. 19378. "
Meconopsis simplicifolia & lake behind. "

SUMMARY:
The diarist records plant collections and observations, noting poor weather but good flowers, and a promising valley toward the Chachu La with yak shelters and a large lake. While halted in camp, they receive mail from Betty via Wangmo’s servant to Bumthang and send replies; they also collect the first seeds of the year. On 3rd July they make a long day trip to Tolegang, pressing 18 specimens including Primula waddellii.

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1st July: Saxifraga brunoniana 19270.
Rhod. calderianum 19277.
Streptopus simplex 19280.
Cardiocrinum giganteum 19284.

...for a few nice things, the best being what I think is a Buddleia, but if so, it's a much bigger flower than B. colvilei (19272) which it somewhat resembles. Lil. giganteum is also common down the valley, and Briggsia (B. muscicola 19266), on a tree, is rather nice. A miserable day for weather, but a good day for flowers.

2nd July. Halt. In camp, and fine in the morning after a night of very heavy rain indeed. From what I saw of the valley towards the Chachu La, it is good. But one would have to spend a night or two up there. There are two yak herds' shelters, one at 13500, and one above 14500 just near the biggest lake I have seen in Bhutan. That would be a good place. There are magnificent cliffs all around, and I did get two nice saxs from the only cliffs I visited. But primulas, other than calderiana and umbratilis were scarce. P. umbratilis is common at 14500 and rather paler. I saw one white one, and hope it may mean that real white ones are close. If we can't get good places in Haubung, we must return there. A mail from Betty came in on 30th night, very surprisingly, sent by Wangmo's servant to Bumthang. So I have written letters to Betty and Wangmo, to go off today if possible — or at any rate tomorrow. We collected the first of this year's seed — P. atrodentata. This is always the first to seed, and unless one takes it soon, it is likely to be eaten by yaks.

3rd July. Halt. Went to Tolegang, and had a day with hardly any rain, but a long one. Left at 6.0 am and back at 5.0 pm rather tired, but with 18 flowers (19330) in the press, some good ones amongst them, including Primula waddellii, which I had forgotten was so very pink and different in colour from P. tenuiloba. There can be no mistaking the two. After reaching the lake, we turned up right...

SUMMARY:
Notebook page listing seed and plant collections with specimen numbers and brief habitat notes from routes and sites around Suasietang, Pangitang, Chachhu route, Tolegang to Rat lake, near camp Darling, and above Sokpum hut, with a mention of Dramating.

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Seed from Suasietang or road there from Pangitang.

19266 ✓ Briggsia yellow on tree trunk.
19269 x Green like creeper on ground. river bank. red flowers.
19270 ✓ Sax. with stolons.
19272 x Buddleia like. red flowered shrub.
19279 x Briggsia (Gesnerac) red flowered on rocks.
19280 ✓ Streptopus simplex. ROOTS
19286 x Didiss. lanuginosa on rocks. Brunt. 'Dramating'.
19287 ✓ Thalictrum diffusiflora.
19296 x Micholitzia obcordata.

Seeds. Pangitang. (base)

19305 ✓ Yellow Sax up Chachhu route OR Tolegang to Rat lake etc etc.
19327 ✓ Pink Adenophora sand scree " " " " "
19328 ✓ Delphinium " " " " "
19332 ✓ P. umbratilis pale form " " " " "
19344 ✓ Potentilla coriacea Best from nala opp camp Darling where took photo.
19346 ✓ Prim. soldanelloides. Above Sokpum hut & beyond.