TO 
PROFESSOR SUNG-SHU CHIEN 
HEAD OF THE BOTANICAL DIVISION, BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY OF 
THE SCIENCE SOCIETY OF CHINA 
AS ONE OF THE FOREMOST MODERN CHINESE BOTANISTS 
IN RECOGNITION OF 
HIS EXEMPLARY WORK AS A TEACHER 
UNDER WHOSE DELIGHTFUL GUIDANCE 
THE AUTHOR FIRST BEGAN OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO 
TO LEARN BOTANY IN ITS VARIOUS PHASES 
THIS THIRD FASCICLE OF ICONES FILICUM SINICARUM 
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED 
