Part 155 - Thampe diary entry describing valley to glacier and primula collections

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SUMMARY:
A stony valley leading west then north ends in a small lake below a retreating glacier, with steep, crumbling hills and few flowers. The party adds a dwarf primula (possibly Primula walshii) to their tally and compares finds with previous primulas; they travel 8 miles to Thampe with a fine morning and heavy rain in the evening.

CONTENT:
Cyananthus spathulifolius 3412 Cremanthodium cremanthodioides 3418 76

the West, then turned out of that to the north. Like all valleys here it was full of stones and boulders. It finished at about 15,500 or 16,000' in a lake 600 yds long and 200 yds wide, beyond which was a retreating glacier. The hills all round are crumbling to bits, very steep, and don't look much good for flowers. However we brought our primula total up to 39 with a dwarf one - perhaps Primula walshii - very little of which we saw, No. 3413.
P. concinna 3413 (1937)
On the way back we found a lovely primula, very like a small edition of P. obtusifolia collected yesterday.
P. caveana 3410 (1936)
This is almost certainly P. caveana, No. 3410.
P. tenuiloba 3417 (1933-34)
Flower rather smaller, a little redder, and more farina on leaves, both surfaces, bracts, calyx and pedicels.

11th July. Thampe. 8 miles. Fine for an hour or two in the morning. Rain very heavy in evening, with strong wind. Nothing new to be seen, though we