BY A. B. WALKOM 7 
QUEENSLAND PaL2zozoIc FLorRas. 
The Paleozoic floras in Queensland fall into two distinct 
groups representing the widely-distributed Carboniferous 
flora with Lepidodendron and the Permo-Carboniferous 
(or perhaps Permian) flora characterised by the abundance 
of Glossopteris. 
(a) The Carboniferous flora. The oldest fossil flora 
yet described from Queensland is of Carboniferous age, 
occurring in the Star Series and its probable equivalents, 
the Drummond, Rockhampton and Herberton Series, 
respectively. The Star Series, from which members of 
this flora were originally described, was at the time believed 
to belong to the so-called Permo-Carboniferous System, 
and so, in the older descriptions, we find the flora of the 
Star Series described along with members of the typical 
Glossopteris flora. No work has been done on this flora 
for many years, and no attempt has yet been made to revise 
the older determinations and bring them into line with 
modern paleobotanical work. 
The species which have been described or recorded 
from Carboniferous strata in Queensland are :— 
| | 
| Star | Drum- | Rock- | Her- 
|| Series. | mond jhampton| berton 
Series. | Series. “Series, | Series. Series. 
Archeocalamites scrobiculatus x 
Calamites varians ie x 
Calamites sp. ; 44 ays Sn 
Lepidodendron australe = Ae Se x > || 
Fe veltheimianum .. x x | 
on sp. x x 
Stigmaria 3 
Cyclostigma australe ap 3 
“Cyclostigma sp... ot a x x 
Aneimites austrina Me x 
Rhacopteris sp... a: Efe | x 
? Cordaites australis oe He | x 
Of the species in this list there is a good deal of doubt 
with respect to the determination of the specimens referred 
to Cyclostigma and Cordaites. Apart from these, the 
general aspect of the flora is distinctly Carboniferous and 
the presence of a species of Aneimites in the Drummond 
Series and of Rhacopteris in the Herberton Series suggests 
