264 GOTE TURESSON 
Series from mountain hills in N. E. Scania (e. g. Balsberg, not far 
from Christianstad) include individuals with somewhat folded green 
leaves and rather varying branching habit (erect and ascending), while 
those series collected in the southern part of the province (e. g. 10 km. 
to the east of Malmö, in the vicinity of St. Olof, and at Hörby) only 
include green, flat-leaved, tall and erect individuals. The latter series 
have been found growing along road sides and cultivated fields and 
may be garden escapes, although this point is very difficult to settle. 
In fig. 36 (to the right) a plant from the St. Olof series is shown. It 
has the typical habitus of the Lowland series of the interior, flat, pure 
green (sometimes indistinctly glaucus) leaves, and taller stems than in 
Fig. 37. Sedum maximum. The type of the eastern coast strip of middle Sweden. 
the plants of the west coast series. It has furthermore an erect habit 
of growth (the angle of the base of the stem is brought about by 
wind action). 
In summarizing the results of the cultivation of different inland 
and coast forms of Sedum maximum the following grouping of the 
forms with regard to their natural habitats might be made: 
a. The type of the exposed sea cliffs of the west coast. The leaves 
of this type are in the majority of cases folded and permanently dark 
red (anthocyanic) in colour. 
b. The mixed type of Stenshuvud and the interior of N. E. Scania. 
The series of this type is made up of individuals both with folded and 
with flat leaves. There is no red colour in the leaves except occasio- 
nally in autumn. 
.ec. The type of the eastern coast strip of middle Sweden. The 
plants of this type are somewhat more long-stemmed, have flat and 
glaucus leaves. 
