PREFATORY NOTICE. 
It is probably in the memory of many Queensland fern-lovers 
that about two years ago a Continental botanist, Dr. K. 
Domin, was travelling in Queensland collecting specimens 
of our flora, and has lately forwarded me a copy of his pub- 
lished results as far as refer to the ferns and their allies ;* and 
the number of kinds new to our flora he records is remarkably 
large and most interesting, considering the comparatively 
short time spent by him in the State. He uses a different 
system to that used by Bentham in the “ Flora Australiensis.” 
Thus in recording these additions to our flora they are given 
in accordance with the above work, my “ Queensland 
Flora,” and the more recently published ‘“‘ Comprehensive 
Catalogue of Queensland Plants.” This will doubtless be 
of advantage to Queensland lovers of this beautiful class of 
Vegetation. All true lovers of plant life will acknowledge 
that the constant changing backwards and forwards of classifi- 
cation and nomenclature retards in a great measure persons 
taking up the study of plants as a hobby. 
It will be observed that several of Dr. Domin’s new kinds 
have not been considered to have distinctive difference enough 
to carry a name ; therefore at times the plant has not received 
notice ; and among some of those left to stand when the 
specimens have been examined it may be found that some 
are but growths of well-known kinds, for our ferns vary so 
*K. Domin: Beitrige zur Flora und Pflanzen-geographie 
Australiens 1. Abt. Pteridophyta (Prodromus einer Farnflora Queens- 
lands): Stuttgart 1913. 
