2. The Ironstone Section along the North Side 
A. Trail No. 2 , East 
"JTIIS trail, from the Belair Railway Station, is easterly along 
the railway line to Sheoak Hill. It follows the ridge, where 
there is a good deal of ironstone, and on its south-facing slopes 
there is abundant peppermint and a profusion of flowers in the 
spring. The golden wattle is profuse here and the .South African 
necklace daisy ( Osteospermum moniliferiim) is found spreading 
about ; this latter plant, although having some floristic value, is 
not a desirable immigrant, as it develops into a large shrub, 
fruits, and spreads easily, and may become a pest in time. A fine 
colour scheme is made by an abundance of the mauve of the 
vanilla lily, the blue and white of Caesia vittata, and the yellow 
of Bulbine bulbosa. One of the guinea flowers ( Hibbertia stricta ) 
forms very striking golden patches with masses of flowers on 
the low-spreading, prickly shrubs. In the little creeks a rush 
( Juncus pauciflorus) and a small grass-like Schoenus is found. 
A small button-like yellow daisy ( Leptorrhynchus squamatus) 
is plentiful in the open spaces, the cranberry is also in evidence 
and several varieties of the South African irids, in white, 
mauve, and reds, are taking charge to the detriment of the 
native plants. 
Going up a western slope another guinea flower (Hibbertia 
acicularis var. sessili flora ) is prominent, some Cape-weed or 
dandelion (Cryptostemma calendulaceum) is seen, and among the 
more common plants are the following: The “yam” ( Microseris 
scapigera) ; Velleia par ado xa which revels in open areas in which 
to exhibit its bright yellow flowers; a bush pea ( Pultenaea 
largiflorens ) ; a harebell; a wallaby grass ( Danthonia sp.) ; and 
the daisy Erechthites quadridentata. 
When the ridge is reached the hand flower ( C heir anther a 
linearis ) is met with and with its rich blue flowers it is considered 
one of our best native shrubs; the blue pincushion (Brunonia 
australis ) is also a plant with claims for cultivation, having blue 
flowers; the silky guinea flower (Hibbertia sericea) is common, 
and so is the billy button (Craspedia uniflora) . Some blue gum 
and Christmas bush occur on this ridge. Down the eastern slope 
of this ridge are such plants as Goodenia geniculata, prickly 
guinea flower, the harebell, soursop (Oxalis corniculata ) , 
Bossiaea prostrata , fringed violet (Thysanotus Patersonii) , and 
a prostrate peaflower (Pultenaea laxiflora). On the next western 
slope shrubs of fringe myrtle (Calythrix tetragona) are to be 
found and scattered plants of a prickly heath with white, waxy 
flowers (Lissanthe strigosa ). A fair-sized patch of Halorrhagis 
teucrioides, a spreading under-shrub of a few inches in height, 
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