inflorescence production, and fecundity. The classification 

 system and codes for these traits are as follows: 



1) Size Classes: 



D Dormant (no above-ground parts observed) 



S Small non-reproductives (1-3 leaves) 



L Large non-reproductives (> 4 leaves) 



R Reproductive 



Reproductive plants were classified by the fate of the 

 individual inflorescences as follows: 



2) Inflorescence Production: 



A An inflorescence that produced no fruit 

 P An inflorescence that was removed by 



predation 

 I An inflorescence that produced at least one 



mature fruit 



3) Fecundity: the total number of mature fruit 



Plants that produced inflorescences were classified by using 

 combinations of the classifiers followed by numerics. For 

 example, a reproductive plant with 2 aborted inflorescences, 1 

 predated inflorescence, and 3 fruit-bearing inflorescences with 

 10 fruits would be recorded as A2-P1-I3-F10 . A complete record 

 of all plants recorded during the study is given in Appendix A. 

 For the purpose of analysis "J" and "M" classes during the study 

 were combined to form the "large non-reproductive" class. 

 Transects were read on July 1-7, 1986-93. 



I found that some plants would go undetected for one to 

 several years but reappear in subsequent years. These "dormant" 

 plants may have produced small leaves that had senesced and 

 disappeared by early July; however, my observations in May and 

 June suggest that most of them produced no vegetation on the 

 years in question. The presence of dormant plants can be 

 inferred by comparing transect maps from the full sequence of 

 years. The proportion of dormant plants ranged from 1-23% with a 

 mean of 10% in 1987-91. Plants have "disappeared" for as many as 

 five years before reappearing. However, in 1986-92 at the two 

 sites, 71% of the dormant plants reappeared after one year, and 

 88% reappeared after two years. As a result, ca . 10% of the 

 plants were undetected in the first and last of years of the 

 study, 3% were undetected in second and second from last years, 

 and ca. 1% were undetected on other years. Thus, I have chosen 

 to eliminate the first and last years (1986, 1993) of the study 

 from demographic analysis. 



On years when fruit production was adequate, I collected 50 

 randomly selected mature fruits from at least 25 plants. I 

 opened the pods, counted the intact seeds, and recorded whether 



