Part 38 - Lilung Chu to Lo La Chu route and plant notes

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SUMMARY:
Describes the route from the Lilung Chu camp to a camp up the Lo La Chu via fir forest, a cliff junction at Singo Samba, and difficult plank bridges, with boggy open areas suitable for camping. Notes several Primula species and other plants in the Lo La Chu valley, with seeds collected for some, and mentions Primula Roylei at about 11,000 ft not collected.

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19a

calderiana
Primula Roylei just in flower, common, 11,000 ft. (Not collected).

Camp in Lilung Chu to Camp up Lo La Chu. Keep to the L bank of the Lilung Chu, an easy path through fir forest, gradually opening out a little to m 3, where there is a big cliff on the R hand side of the path, where the valley from the Lo La enters the R. bank at a bearing of 307°. This is Singo Samba, no houses or cultivation. The Lilung (Langong) Chu turns a little W, coming from a bearing of 205°. The Lilung Chu is crossed by a very bad plank cantilever bridge a little above the junction, and the Lo La Chu is crossed just above too. Path climbs a good deal to start with, gradually easing off, keeping to the R. bank. About m 6 some open spaces are met and camp may be pitched in any of these, though they are rather boggy.

Primula prenantha common in Lo La Chu valley. } not in flower. SEED taken. No. S.H. /38.
" atrodentata .. .. .. .. .. }
" glabra just coming into flower.

Pedicularis sp. (12-15") SEED taken. S.H. /38
" sp (1-2") Bella? SEED taken S.H /38

Isopyrum sp. SEED taken S.H /38.

See July 1938.