Table 1.

Mean (± s.e.; sample size in parenthesis) numbers of cataphyll scars (cat. scars), cataphylls (cat.), embryonic green leaves (leaves) and total nodes (cataphylls + embryonic green leaves) per bud of monocyclic floriferous shoots (m.f.s.) at different sampling dates

		October 1992	30 Mar. 1993	18 May 1993	16 Jun. 1993	26 Jul. 1993
		End of growth season	Winter‐bud break	End of spring flush	Spring‐bud break	End of summer flush
m.f.s.	Cat. scars	4·2 ± 2·0	n.m.	0	0	2·5 ± 2·2
p1	Cat.	3·9 ± 0·9	3·5 ± 0·8	n.m.	7·7 ± 1·1	5·8 ± 1·0
	Leaves	12·7 ± 1·8	13·5 ± 1·6	n.m.	8·4 ± 1·0	12·8 ± 1·7
	Total nodes	16·7 ± 1·7 (26)	16·7 ± 1·6 (53)	13·1 ±1·4 (50)	16·1 ± 1·0 (25)	18·6 ± 1·8 (24)
m.f.s.	Cat. scars	1·1 ± 0·7	n.m.	0	0	0·5 ± 0·8
p2	Cat.	4·7 ± 0·7	3·9 ± 0·5	n.m.	7·3 ± 0·9	6·4 ± 1·0
	Leaves	10·3 ± 1·3	12·7 ± 1·3	n.m.	8·3 ± 1·0	11·9 ± 1·7
	Total nodes	14·9 ± 1·4 (26)	16·6 ± 1·3 (53)	12·9 ±1·4 (50)	15·5 ± 1·4 (25)	18·3 ± 1·6 (24)

p1 and p2, Axillary buds localized on the first or second node below the terminal inflorescence; n.m., not measured.