quaternate

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A species of cinquefoil, Potentilla Tormentilla, which is distinguished by its quaternate flowers, occurs in Holland in two distinct types, which have proved constant in my cultural experiments.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

This number in one summer amounted to 46 quaternate and 16 quinate leaves, and it was evident that I had secured an instance of the rare "five-leaved" race which I am about to describe.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

The common laburnum has a variety which often produces quaternate and quinate leaves, and in strawberries I have also seen instances of this abnormality.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

With buttercups and brambles and many others there is only an increase above the typical five; quaternate flowers are wanting or at least are very rare.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

They perform the same functions and bear spicules, sometimes in pairs, sometimes quaternate, each spicule being surmounted by a spore.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas