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M. falcata sativa Scliur (55). 



This is given as equal to Medicago subfalcata of Scliur. 

 M. lilacea Hy (27, p. 432). 



Stems prostrate; branches elongated; flowers violet; pods falcate or 

 forming a complete circle. Locality : River Loire, France. 

 M. spuria Hy {27, p. 431). 



Stems robust, decumbent ; flovi^ers variegated, yellow and violet, decidu- 

 ous after flowering ; the few pods that are formed usually having two coils. 

 Locality : River Loire, near Ponts-de Ce, France. The author states that 

 this is a hybrid of M. cyclocarpa and M. sativa. 

 M. cyclocarpa Hy {27, p. 431). 



Stems prostrate ; flowers golden yellow or finally variegated with blue or 

 violet ; pods coiled, forming about one spiral. Locality : River Loire, be- 

 tween Laumur and Nantes, France. 

 M. varia pseudosaiiva Rony and Foucaud {51, p. 14). 



Pods large, glabrescent. Locality : Alpes-Maritimes, France. According 

 to the authors, this is a hybrid of M. sativa and M. falcata, resembling the 

 female parent and equaling M. spuria of Hy. 

 M. varia pseudofalcata Rouy and Foucaud {51, p. 15). 



Pods large, glabrescent, with one coil. Locality : Alpes-Maritimes, France. 

 M. silvestris erectiusctila Rouy and Foucaud {51, p. 12). 



Stems ascending ; corolla yellow, not variegated ; pods generally semi- 

 circular, glabrescent, or glabrous. Locality : Not specified. 



Botanical names that have been applied to species and varieties whose origin 

 and relationship to M. falcata are not clear. 



M. glomerata Balbis (5). 



Pods coiled, hairy ; stems erect ; leaflets and flowers very much like those 

 of the ordinary Medicago falcata; pods glomerate, villous; corolla yellow. 

 Locality : Nice, France. 

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



Leaflets narrower and smaller than in ordinary Medicago falcata; pods 

 very much arched, almost spiral. Locality : Not indicated. 

 M. prociimbens viscosa Reich. (//.9). 



Pods falcate, glandular viscous ; flowers bright yellow ; seeds 2 to 6. 

 Locality : Saxony, near Dresden. 

 M. annularis Bess. 



This plant is usually referred to as equaling M. falcata annularis of 

 Seringe. Besser's description was not available, and it is doubtful whether 

 it was ever published. Koch {SO) states that he has seen a specimen from 

 Besser in Schultes's collection. Other authors refer to a description of M. 

 annularis in Besser's Prim. Fl. Gal. (,9), but this is evidently an error, as 

 no reference is made to such a plant in that work. 

 M. falcata glandulosa Koch {30). 



Pods with scattered, articulated hairs, which are provided with a gland 

 at the end. Locality : Not specifled. 

 M. falcata viscosa Urban (62, p. 57). 



Pods glandular haired, straight or sickle shaped; flowers yellow. Lo- 

 cality: Not indicated. 

 M. glandulosa procumbens Schur {56, p. 172). 



Flowers golden yellow, in loose racemes ; pods more or less falcate or 

 almost straight, with inflated glandular hairs ; stems prostrate. Locality : 

 Spielberg, Austria. 



