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M. falcata microphyUa Cusin and Aus. (Hi). 



No description is given of tliis plant, but judging from tlie illustration it 

 is very slender ; apparently prostrate ; leaflets small, narrow, truncate, 

 toothed at the apex ; pods rather broad, falcate or nearly straight. Lo- 

 cality : Not specified. 

 M. falcata gracilis Urban {62, p. 56). 



Racemes 1 to 5 flovi^ered ; leaflets only 3 to 5 mm. long ; flowers yellow ; 

 pods straight or sickle shaped. Locality : Not indicated. 

 M. falcata aurea Schur (56, p. 171). 



Flowers golden yellow ; pods with short, soft hairs ; leaflets obovate- 

 obcordate, toothed at the apex ; stems ascending or procumbent. Locality : 

 Austria. 

 M. falcata pauci/lora Lindm. (36). 



Racemes more open. than those of ordinary M. falcata; peduncles few 

 ( 1-4 ) flowered ; flowers small ; leaflets very narrow ; pods falcate. Lo- 

 cality : Near Odessa, Russia. 

 M. falcata aureiflora Rouy and Foucaud {51, p. 11). 



Pods pubescent ; flowers golden, almost orange. Locality : Not specified. 

 M. falcata pubescens Rouy and Foucaud {51, p. 11). 



Pods pubescent, sometimes almost glabrous ; flowers yellow. Locality : 

 France. 



Botanical names that have heen applied to what are apparentlij hybrids of 

 Medicago falcata and M. sativa. 



M. varia INIartyn (-}3, p. 87). 



Flowers variegated, showing yellow, green, white, blue, purple, and black ; 

 stipules narrower than those of Medicago sativa. Locality : Not indicated. 

 M. media Persoon ( JS). 



Peduncles slightly corymbose ; flowers pale blue, finally becoming golden 

 yellow; leaflets linear-cuneate, dentate at the apex; pilose below. Locality: 

 Not indicated. 

 M. falcata versicolor Wallr. (65). 



Flowers pale blue, finally becoming yellow. Locality: Trotha and Bitten- 

 dorf, Germany. 

 M. sativa versicolor Ser. Mss. (57, p. 173). 



Flowers yellow and blue ; equals M. falcata versicolor of AVallr., Sched. 

 Crit. Locality : Not specified. 

 M. falcata hybrida Gaudin {22, p. 611). 



Flowers pale blue, finally becoming green and yellow. Locality : Nyon, 

 Switzerland. (Gaudin, Flora Helvetica, 1829. v. 4, p. 611.) 

 M. sativa hybrida Gaudin {22, p. 612). 



Flowers yellow. Locality : Nyon, Switzerland. 

 M. falcata tumida Ser. (57, p. 172). 



Flowers swollen ; stamens coalescing to the swollen, slightly fleshy, abor- 

 tive carpel. Locality : About Geneva. This description would seem to in- 

 dicate that these flowers are abnormal, in which case the plant is probably a 

 hybrid, as hybrid plants having flowers of similar character have been ob- 

 served in a number of instances. 

 M. sylvestris Fries {21, p. 92). 



Peduncles racemed ; banner of corolla oblong, with dark-green striations ; 

 pods circular or semicircular. Locality : Skanes, Gothland, and Oland, 

 Sweden. This name is intended by the author to cover all forms of Medi- 

 cago falcata X sativa. 



