MEDICAGO PALCATA, A YELLOW-FLOWEEED ALFALFA. 



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.1/. falcata genuina Godron {25). 



Flowers vivid yellow; pods falcate. Locality: Environs of Nancy, 

 France. 

 M. falcata typica Trautv. {61). 



Flowers yellow ; pods falcate or semicircnlar. Locality : Ajagus, Siberia. 

 .1/. falcata diffusa Scliur {55). 



Stems slender, diffuse ; secondary branches short, erect ; leaflets very 

 small, obovate-oblong ; flowers smaller than those of M. falcata major of 

 Koch, yellow ; pods falcate, smooth. Locality : Salzburg and Kolos, Hun- 

 gary. 



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Fig. 16. — Individual plant of Mcdicatjo falcata, S, P. I. No. 30433, a very upright, 

 somewhat coarse form which can be easily harvested by the ordinary hay 

 machinery, reprcsentiiifr f'.roup IV. 



M. falcata nlj)i(j)i(a Schur {55). 



Slightly slirul)by, very brancliini,'; leaflets very small, obovate, mucronate 

 at apfx ; pods semicircular or falcate, slightly pubescent. Locality : Tran- 

 sylvanian Alp.s. 

 M. sativa falcata Alefeld {1, p. 75). 



Stems prostrate; leaflets i inch long by 2J lines broad; flowers yeilow ; 

 pods falrate to nearly circular, iiialxing from one-fourth to 1 coil. Locality: 

 Germany and Austria. 

 M. falcata Huhcrerta Lirirjrii. (.17). 



Stems ascending, erect ; pods falcate or semicircular. Siibvar. 1. — 

 Smoother, leaves broader. Subvar. 2. — More hairy, leaves narrower. Lo- 

 cality: Klizavetgriiil, Iliissia. 



