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STOP 69 - NEPAL
3 MI. N.E. PALUNG
XI-22-61

A short morning stop along the Kathmandu road 1840 meters in elevation. Collected on a well-grazed grassy slope in which grew a few scattered pines. Alcabal [not sure correct word] specimens were collected primarily under many stones lying [or lieing] about on the slope.
150 specimens.

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STOP 70 - NEPAL:
HITAURA XI-23-61

Camp located on the same plateau as STOP 67 (550 meters). Nights cool, collecting poor.
100 specimens

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STOP 71 - NEPAL:
9 MI. W. HITAURA
XI-23-61

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Collected a day and evening down the Rapti Valley, a thinly popu-
lated valley which has largely escaped the saw and plough. There are, nevertheless, large plots of cleared or partially cleared land on the valley floor which men grow mustard seed and other crops. The hills have been disturbed least of all and remain covered densely with a forest of large trees (Sal and others). We collected mostly on the valley floor near the foot of the hills, either in the forest, in the tall grass and shrubs near the river, or along the sandy river bank itself. The weather during the day was warm and sunny. Camp located at the edge of the stream so that the light drew from the forest as well as the water. A cool breeze came up not long after nighfall, however, and collecting was quite slow.
EL. 400 meters 1500 specimens