Part 89 - Route to Dza La and Tsokar; halt above Nga La with botanical notes

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SUMMARY:
The writer describes a steep route over open hillsides to the Dza La, then a very steep descent toward the Tsokar, noting firs, a hut, and a glacier by the lakes. A small white Meconopsis was found; during a halt above the Nga La, additional Primula observations were made, and Ludlow brought in a specimen.

CONTENT:
then a steep ascent again over open hillside to the Pangha at m 5 1/2. Here again there is a drop, this time steeply for about 300 ft, then ascent gradual through rhododendrons to open stony valley reached at m 6 1/2. Thence more or less E to the Dza La at m 8. The last mile is steep over stony hillside. Descent of E side very steep at first. The Tsokar consist of 2 small lakes about 2 1/2 m behind the Dza La and 2000 ft below. Beside the lakes are fir trees and a hut. A glacier falls very steeply into one lake. Found today a little white Meconopsis (Mec. argemonantha) 2531 which does not seem to answer to M. lyrata or primulina, though near the latter. Otherwise nothing much of interest. P. Valentiniana is very common on the right of the path going to the Dza La.

1st September. Halt. Camp above Nga La. A lovely day, with mist coming up in the evening and some thunder then. Afterward cleared up and was very pretty. Went up the steep valley directly behind camp, and came across one new, but uninteresting primula (P. hookeri) 2535. There were also P. Valentiniana, P. Jonardunii, P. nivalis sp., P. 1621 (Tsariensis), P. Cawdoriana, and a very small one, none in flower. Ludlow brought in one 2536 (Caveana) which seems to be an Obtusifolia primula, also no flowers.