Table 3.

Percentage of inflorescences with pure male flowers and aborted female flowers (which occurred in the first inflorescence only) and the total number of inflorescences in the blooming sequence in six experimental populations of Sagittaria trifolia

	First inflorescence			Second inflorescence		Third inflorescence		Fourth inflorescence		Fifth inflorescence		Sixth inflorescence		Seventh inflorescence
Population	Total	% Pure male	% Aborted female	Total	% Pure male	Total	% Pure male	Total	% Pure male	Total	% Pure male	Total	% Pure male	Total	% Pure male
Garden 1	45	40·0	4·4	44	15·9	37	8·1	24	0	14	0	7	0	4	0
Garden 2	46	28·3	6·5	43	0	31	3·2	17	5·8	8	12·5
Hao 1999	71	14·1	4·2	46	0	15	0	1	0
Hao 2000	83	33·7	2·4	69	8·7	39	7·7	14	7·1	4	25
Cha 1999	105	6·7	1·9	64	4·7	11	0	2	0
Cha 2000	105	10·5	2·9	16	6·2	4	0