MEDICAGO FALCATA, A YELLOW-FLOWERED ALFALFA. 11 
cago sativa) and also varieties of Aledica sylvestris (Medicago fal- 
cata). His varietal classification is based on the color of the flowers, 
and was doubtless developed from Kaspar Bauhin’s description (8). 
It is essentially the same for both species. Tournefort must be given 
credit for the first attempt at a classification of the varieties of 
Medicago falcata, whatever its value may be, and also for the first 
botanical usage of the word which was finally to become its generic 
name. 
It was Vaillant (63) who placed Medicago falcata in the genus 
Medicago of Tournefort, but it remained for Linneus to enlarge 
and define the genus and to assign the name J/edicago falcata to the - 
species. This he did in 1753 (40). A copy of Linneus’s original de- 
scription of Medicago falcata follows; likewise an elaborated out- 
line of the references derived from those accompanying it. 
Original description of Medicago falcata. 
falcata. 6. Medicago pedunculis racemosis, leguminibus lunatis, caule prostrato. 
Fl. suec. 620. Dalib. paris. 229. 
Trifolium sylvestre luteum, siliqua cornuta. Bauh. pin. 330. 
Medica flavo flore. Clus. hist. 2, p. 243. Habitat in Europe pratis 
apricis, siccis. 4. 
ELABORATED OUTLINE OF CITATIONS. 
[The numbers in italic type refer to “ Literature cited,’ pp. 67-70.] 
Riv. tetr.¢ (40). 
Riv. Irr. T.¢ (50). 
Dill gisss148)(19)/a-s2-6- 3 - 13 B. 2. 383 6 (6). 
C. B. 330 6 (8). 
2 ivi a 
Dilly gen 190 (PO)e 2-4 mae eee a (oo 
Bauh. hist. 2. p. 383 6 (6). 
Tournef. inst. 410 6 (60). 
Clus. hist. 2. p. 243 @ (34). 
Moris. hist. 2. p. 157 s.2. t. f J. B. Chabr.} (15). 
16f.1. &s.2.t.15f.1.(44). \Clus. Hist.¢ (34). 
Bauh. pin. p. 330 0 (8). 
Hort. Cliff. p. 3772 (38)... 
FI. suec. 620 © (39).. 
Taber.@ (58). 
Bauh. hist. 2. p. 3839 (6). C. Bauh. phyt. (7).....---- 
Trago pag. 591, libr. 2. 
cap.3, sineicone@ (10). 
Clus. histor. Pann. pag. 
759, libr. 4,cap.334(23), 
Jee Be 22 383i0n(G) 0 ae 
Tournef.inst. 4105 (60).. 4 C. B. Pin. 330 © (8). 
Clus. hist. CCX LIII ¢ (34). 
Clus. hist. 2. p. 243¢ (34). 
Bauh. pin. 330 0 (8). 
fl. suec. 620 5 (39). 
hort. cliff. 377 > (38). 
Linn. h. Cliff. 377 6 (38). 
Riv. tetrap. 84 @ (50). 
Dalib.paris.229 (17). ¢ fl. leyd. prodr. 381 (52).. | Dill. giss, 148 } (19) 
Dill. gen. 130 (20). 
J. B. 2. 383 5 (6). 
Tournefort (indirectly). 
LINN Sp. Pl. (40). 
NORRIE: (ON bacascedcuc 
Bauh. hist. 2. 383 (6). 
Tournefort—? 
Bauh. pin, 3300 (8).. cen. 
Clus. pan. & hist.¢ (33). 
Tab.a (58). 
Clus. hist. 2. p. 243.4 
(34). 
@ No further citations. b Elaborated as indicated elsewhere in this outline. 
