quaternate

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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 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

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

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