peppermint decrease, and finally give way to its dominance. This 
slope, on the southern boundary, takes the form of ridges and 
gullies alternating and all leading into Long Gully. The second 
ridge is opposite the tunnel at sixteen miles, and here Mrquel’s 
mistletoe is seen on the manna gum ; native cherry and black- 
wood are also seen. A few red gums are again observed and 
an occasional blue gum on which the above mistletoe is growing. 
On the third ridge the blue gum now is abundant on the lower 
part with very few manna gum, but higher up the red and manna 
gum again take charge and displace the blue gum. Here, too, 
are a few blackwoods, native cherry, golden wattle, and Olearia 
ramulosa (a white daisy). However, at the top the blue gum 
is again the abundant species and has associated with it the 
pink gum and stringybark. The pink gum trunk and branches 
are here usually bent and crooked. On this higher ground we 
have other plants coming in for the first time, such as native 
wallflower, heather, scrub wattle ( Acacia myrtifolia), and 
Miguel's mistletoe on the pink gum. 
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