quaternate
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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 Hugo de Vries
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 Hugo de Vries
I had the good fortune to find two plants of clover, bearing one quinate and several quaternate leaves, on an excursion in the neighborhood of Loosdrecht in Holland.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
More than 1,000 were quaternate or quinate, the ternate leaves being still in the majority.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
Nearly all the individuals produced at least some quaternate leaves, and thereby showed the variety to be quite pure.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
