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- 1938-03-31 (Creation)
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Field notes record multiple alpine plant collections and seed gathering around Putrang La, including Codonopsis seed collected below Lhapso Dzong at about 11,000 feet on 31/03/1938. The diary also notes damage to baggage from donkey transport and a descent toward the Tsangpo amid poor transport arrangements.
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Putrang La
vellereum
- Rhododendron sp. E. side common from 15000' - 12500'. SEED taken.
- Androsace sp. E. side common from 14000 - 12000. SEED taken.
- Rhododendron sp. W. side common from about 16000' SEED taken.
3586 A. Gentiana Waltoni. E. side common from 14 - 12000' SEED taken.
No. no. Gentiana nubigena E. side. A very few seed taken. - Codonopsis vinciflora E. side. A few SEED taken at about 12000'.
A few signs of P. Jaffreyana seen on the dry banks about 12000'. No seed seen.
- Primula atrodentata. Not yet in flower.
3591 A. Codonopsis vinciflora. SEED collected below Lhapso Dzong. 11000'. 31.3.38.
Ludlow 25
Our baggage has suffered much during the past few days. The boxes in many cases have been smashed by donkey ropes colliding with each other or with rocks & boulders in narrow places.
Ludlow 26
Descent to Tsangpo
Bad transport arrangements
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- Androsace sp. (Subject)
- Codonopsis vinciflora (Subject)
- Gentiana nubigena (Subject)
- Gentiana Waltoni (Subject)
- P. jaffreyana (Subject)
- Primula atrodentata (Subject)
- Rhododendron sp. (Subject)
