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M. falcata riparia Boenn. (11). 



Stems large, erect ; leaflets very large, oblong, dentate at the apex, 

 slightly truncate; racemes elongated, many flowered; flowers large. Lo- 

 cality : Munster, Germany. 

 M. falcata montana Boenn. {11). 



Stems slender, filiform, decumbent; leaflets small, linear-truncate, 

 slightly dentate ; racemes few flowered, capitate ; flowers one-half as large 

 as M. falcata pratensis. Locality : Munster, Germany. 

 M. falcata minor Gaud. (22, p. 611). 



Pods falcate or once coiled. Locality : Vicinity of Sierre, Switzerland. 



Fig. 15. — Individual plant of Medicago falcata, S. P. I. No. 20719, a form of very leafy, 

 erect habit, very desirable from a forage standpoint, typical of Group IV. 



M. falcata stenocarpa Reich. (^9). 



Pods semicircular, narrower than those of ordinary ill. falcata, diameter 

 of the arc 3 lines, width 1 line. Locality : Not specified. 

 M. falcata major Koch {29, p. 160). 



Stems elongated, procumbent ; stipules larger than those of ordinary M. 

 falcata and more dentate. The author cites M. procumhens Bess., and M. in- 

 termedia Schultes, as synonyms. Locality : Not specified. 

 M. falcata major prostrata Koch {30). 



Stems 2 feet long, prostrate ; stipules strongly toothed ; flowers propor- 

 tionately large and bright yellow. Locality : Germany. 

 M. falcata procumbens Ledeb. {35). 



Stems long, prostrate ; stipules foliaceous, semisagittate ; flowers larger 

 than those of ordinary M. falcata; pods less arched, more unequal, almost 

 smooth. Locality :• Volhynia, Podolia, and Bessarabia, Russia. 



