Part 77 - Tso Bunang Lake Camp halts and collections, 18–19 August

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SUMMARY:
At Tso Bunang Lake Camp, the writer questions K.W.’s purported new plant and notes a yellow rhododendron; Tenduk arrives unwell and is found to have gonorrhoea contracted in 1934 at Cyanbe. On 18 August they remain in camp developing photos and repairing gear amid mixed weather. On 19 August the writer explores west while Danzing collects notable gentians and a delphinium from the Changchu La toward Senguti, and Ludlow secures a second specimen of a new bird.

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K.W.'s new one, though I have my doubts, 2078: a yellow Rhododendron 2085 (R. wardii 2085). Tenduk arrived with fever and not looking at all well. After a lot of talk we found he had got gonorrhoea, contracted while with us in 1934 at Cyanbe. It is not too bad, and hope will answer to treatment.

Tso Bunang Lake Camp
18th August. Halt. I stayed in camp all day and developed photos, mended boxes and repacked stores. Each day we have had some rain and some sun, always overcast.

Tso Bunang Lake Camp
19th August. Halt. I went up the hills to the west, but saw little but what appears to be a gentian very like Waltoni (See Aug. 20), No. 2097 (Gen. tianshanica), and one which may be G. stictantha again 2099 (G. przewalskii 2099). I sent Danzing up the valley leading to Senguti, to a pass called the Changchu La. It usually rains up there, so I thought it might contain some different varieties. It did, and he got a fine gentian, which I hope may turn out to be new. It is a white one with blue markings outside, and very long lobes which open right out, 2092 (G. otophora 2092). He also got another gentian which we have not yet seen, 2095 (Lomatogonium deltoideum 2095), and a pretty delphinium, of a very rich deep blue purple colour, 2096 (Delphinium viscosum). Ludlow got a second specimen of a new bird today. It looks very much like a