quinate
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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
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 Vries, Hugo de
It is recognized by its very short quinate leaves and by its nearly sessile cones.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
One of the most curious instances is the terminal flower of the raceme of the common laburnum, which loses its whole papilionaceous character and becomes as regularly quinate as a common buttercup.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
The quinate were placed at the end of the branches, those with four petals and sepals lower down.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
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