MEDICAGO FALCATA, A YELLOW-FLOWERED ALFALFA. Dal 
nated in this way. The extensive living collection of alfalfas which 
the department has in its possession furnishes an opportunity for 
studying the variations that is not afforded by the herbaria of the 
country and makes it possible to gain a conception of the group as a 
whole that can not be gained from a study of dried material. 
Partial lists are given here of the botanical names that have been 
applied to what appear to be forms of true Medicago falcata, to 
hybrids of Medicago falcata and Medicago sativa, and to species and 
varieties whose origin and relationship to A/edicago falcata are not 
clear, together with a brief description of the forms in question. The 
localities in which the various forms were collected are in most cases 
indicated in the descriptions. 
Fic. 14.—Individual plant of Medicago falcata, a somewhat coarse stemmed, ascending 
form, probably introduced from India, representing Group III. 
Botanical names that have been applied to what are apparently true forms of 
Medicago falcata. 
M. procumbens Bess. (9). 
Pods falcate, nearly smooth; stipules dentate at the base; leaflets ob- 
long, dentate at the apex; stems procumbent; flowers golden; mature pods 
faleate. Locality: Lemberg and Cracow. 
M. intermedia Schultes (54). 
Stems procumbent; peduncles corymbose-racemed; pods faleate, slightly 
pubescent; stipules sagittate; leaflets linear, obcordate, apex slightly ser- 
rulate; flowers yellow. Locality: Galicia. 
M. falcata pratensis Boenn. (17). 
Diffuse; leaflets linear-cuneate, narrow, clearly dentate at the apex, 
truncate; racemes short. Locality: Munster, Germany. 
ES I SIG CUI a SR a 
‘The numbers in italic refer to ‘‘ Literature cited,” pp. 67-70, 
