MEDICAGO FALCATA, A YELLOW-FLOWERED ALFALFA. 



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cago sativa) and also varieties of Medica sylvestrls {Medicago fal- 

 cata). His varietal classification is based on the color of the flowers, 

 and was doubtless developed from Kaspar Bauhin's description (<§). 

 It is essentially the same for both species. Tournefort must be given 

 credit for the first attempt at a classification of the varieties of 

 Medicago falcata,, ^vhatever its value may be, and also for the first 

 botanical usage of the word which was finally to become its generic 

 name. 



It was Yaillant {63) who placed Medicago falcata in the genus 

 Medicago of Tournefort, but it remained for Linnaeus to enlarge 

 and define the genus and to assign the name Medicago falcata to the 

 species. This he did in 1753 (^6^). A copy of Linnseus's original de- 

 scription of Medicago falcata follows; likewise an elaborated out- 

 line of the references derived from those accompanying it. 



Original description of Medicago falcata. 



falcata. 6. Medicago peduuculis racemosis, leguminibus luuatis, caule prostrato. 

 Fl. suec. 620. Dalib. paris. 229. 

 Trifolium sylvestre luteum, siliqua cornuta. Bauh. pin. 330. 

 Medica flavo flore. Clus. hist. 2, p. 243. Habitat in Europae pratis 

 apricis, siccis. 4. 



Elaborated Outline of Citations. 



[The numbers in italic type refer to " Literature cited," pp. 67-70.] 



■ Riv. tetr.a (50). 



Dill. giss. 148 (_19) . . . 



Hort.ClifiE.p.377 6(3S)-.. 



Fl. suec. 620 6 (J^;..< 



rJaIil<.iJari.s.22'J(/;'). 



Bauh. pin. :}.''/)'' (^^. 



Clii.s. hL)t.2,p. z-ia.a 



{ Riv. Irr, T.o (SOj. 

 . i J. B. 2. 383 b (6). 



(6). 

 C. B. 330 b (S). 



DiU. gen. 130 (20) 



Bauh. hist. 2. p. 383 b (6). 

 Toumef. inst. 410 6 (60). 

 Clus. hist. 2. p. 243 0(3.4). 

 Moris, hist. 2. p. 157 s. 2. t. 

 16f.l. &s. 2.t.l5f.l. (.J^). 

 Bauh. pin. p. 330 b (S). 



Bauh.hist.2.p.3836(6).{Tab-^(^^).^,(,)_ 



:•{ 



Tounief.lnst.410(>(60) 



rhi.s.hist.2. p. 243o(.?4). 

 , Bauh. pin. 330 b («). 



0. suec. 620 b (.%'J). 

 hort. clilT. 377 b (,JS). 



n. leyd. prodr. 381 (,S2).. 



J. B. 2. .383 b (6). 



C. B. Pin. 330 b (8). 



Clus. hist. CCXLHI a (34). 



I D. Rivinus. a (50). 

 •\ Tournefort i>(eO). 



I J. B. Chabr.ft (/5). 

 \ Clus. Hist.o (34). 



ITrago pag. 591, libr. 2. 

 cap. 3, sineicone a (lO), 

 Clus. histor. Pann. pag. 

 759,libr.4,cap.33a(S3). 



hot. par. («.J) 



Bauh. hi.st. 2. .383 b («). 

 Tournefort—? 



Trag.«(/C/). 



flfts." OH). 



(his, jKin. &. hist." (.?.?). 



Tal>.o (r,H). 



Linn. h. ClifT. 377 b (SS). 

 Riv. tetrap. 84 « (60). 

 Dill. giss. lWb(t!)). 

 Dill. gen. 130 b (W). 



/ J. B. 2. .W3 '' (6'V 



\ Tournefort (indirectly). 



» No further cltatlotu. 



b Elaborated as Indicated elsewhere in tbis outline. 



