98 BULLETIN 428, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
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. (1/1). 
Stems slender, filiform, decumbent; leafiets small, linear-truncate, 
slightly dentate; racemes few flowered, capitate: flowers one-half as large 
as If. 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. 
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M. falcata stenocarpa Reich. (49). 
Pods semicircular, narrower than those of ordinary IM/. falcata, diameters 
of the are 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. procumbens 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. 
