Table 6.

Length of leaves and longest cables in Typha latifolia (Whiteknights, University of Reading, UK)

	Leaf length (cm)	Longest cable length (cm)
Leaf sequence	A	B	B/A
Vegetative plant
1	69·2	26·0	0·38
2	78·0	31·6	0·40
3	91·4	47·8	0·52
4	104·0	45·0	0·43
5	119·4	58·8	0·49
6	133·9	65·7	0·49
7	145·5	67·1	0·46
8	161·6	78·3	0·48
9	175·8	91·2	0·52
10	192·0	104·2	0·55
11	190·3	95·0	0·50
Flowering plant
1	84·4	44·1	0·52
2	94·5	46·3	0·49
3	99·9	39·7	0·40
4	107·0	37·7	0·35
5	113·5	39·2	0·35
6	138·8	45·5	0·33
7	120·7	18·2	0·15
8	118·7	20·7	0·17
9	109·2	0	0
10	97·8	0	0
11	83·9	0	0
12	62·5	0	0
13	33·9	0	0