Part 197 - Mipa Taktsa — 19 June: Halt and Primula survey

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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