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.

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In the flowering period I selected four plants with the largest number of quaternate and quinate leaves and destroyed all the others.

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I have often seen isolated plants with quaternate leaves, but only rarely have I observed individuals with more than one such leaf.

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Nearly all the individuals produced at least some quaternate leaves, and thereby showed the variety to be quite pure.

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Isolated quaternate leaves are of but little interest, while the occurrence of many on the same individual indicates a distinct variety.

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