MEDICAGO FALCATA, A YELLOW-FLOWERED ALFALFA. 29 
M. falcata genuina Godron (25). 
Flowers vivid yellow; pods falcate. Locality: Environs of Nancy, 
France. 
M. falcata typica Trautv. (61). 
Flowers yellow ; pods falcate or semicircular. Locality: Ajagus, Siberia. 
M. falcata diffusa Schur (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 faleate, smooth. Locality: Salzburg and Kolos, Hun- 
gary. 
Fig. 16.—Individual plant of Medicago falcata, S. P. I. No. 30433, a very upright, 
somewhat coarse form which can be easily harvested by the ordinary hay 
machinery, representing Group IV. 
M. falcata alpignea Schur (55). 
Slightly shrubby, very branching; leaflets very small, obovate, mucronate 
at apex; pods semicircular or falcate, slightly pubescent. Locality: Tran- 
sylvanian Alps. 
M. sativa falcata Alefeld (1, p. 75). 
Stems prostrate; leaflets 4 inch long by 23 lines broad: flowers yellow ; 
pods faleate to nearly circular, making from one-fourth to 1 coil. Locality : 
Germany and Austria. 
M. falcata suberecta Lindm. (387). 
Stems ascending, erect; pods faleate or semicircular. Subvar. 1.— 
Smoother, leaves broader. Subvar. 2.—More hairy, leaves narrower. Lo- 
eality: Elizavetgrad, Russia. 
