TO 
PROFESSOR HSEN-HSU HU, D. Sc. 
DIRECTOR OF THE FAN MEMROIAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY 
AS ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING BOTANISTS OF PRESENT-DAY CHINA 
IN RECOGNITION OF 
HIS LEADERSHIP IN PROMOTING THE STUDY OF SYSTEMATIC BOTANY 
IN CHINA AND 
HIS SUPPORT IN VARIOUS MANNERS FOR THE ICONOGRAPHY OF CHINESE 
FERNS FROM ITS INCIPIENCE AS ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLE MEANS OF 
DISSEMINATING CHINESE PTERIDOPHYTIC KNOWLEDGE 
THIS SECOND FASCICLE OF ICONES FILICUM SINICARUM 
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED 
