Traversing the ridge now which runs westerly from this point, 
is the pink gum, golden wattle, a prickly-leaved guinea flower, 
mistletoe ( Loranthus pendulus) on the pink gum, bundled ground 
heath, and the cranberry (rare), Miquel’s mistletoe on the pink 
gum, Acacia obliqua (rare), and isolated specimens of the stringy - 
bark. On coming to a little dip in this ridge, the blue gum 
becomes the dominant tree, but is tolerant of a few specimens 
of the pink gum. Then, where the ridge rises and reaches a 
height of 1,350 feet, the blue gum is replaced by stringybark, 
which extends down the eastern slope, on the lower parts of 
which is fairly abundant bundled ground heath, but higher up 
the prickly guinea flower is more at home. Coming back to the 
ridge the blue gums mix with the stringybark here, and there 
are also some examples of the native cherry. The manna gum 
is rare on the higher parts of the ridge, but it is fairly abundant 
in the dips, where an occasional blackwood is seen and a rare 
pink gum. Then, to the second rise (1,300 feet), there is blue 
gum and stringybark with honeysuckle. Here the stringybark 
keeps mostly to the south side and face of this ridge, and the 
blue gum to the north side and face or slope. On this rise also 
is the Christmas bush and the silky guinea flower. At the tongue 
of this ridge, which leads into Long Gully itself, the blue gums 
dominate, although an occasional manna gum is to be seen ; the 
little harebell is also here in flower (April 29, 1933). Traversing 
the northern slope of this ridge, starting from the western end. 
the manna gum is found on the lower and the blue gum on the 
Fig. 15. — Long Gully. Manna Gums. 
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