Part 24 - Putrang La plant collections and descent to Tsangpo

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SUMMARY:
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.

CONTENT:
Putrang La
vellereum

3587. Rhododendron sp. E. side common from 15000' - 12500'. SEED taken.
3588. Androsace sp. E. side common from 14000 - 12000. SEED taken.
3589. 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.
3590. 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.

3592. Primula atrodentata. Not yet in flower.

3591 A. Codonopsis vinciflora. SEED collected below Lhapso Dzong. 11000'. 31.3.38.

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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.

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Descent to Tsangpo

Bad transport arrangements