176 NATCRAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



employed for the same purpose as E. imlcherrhnn^ the species of 

 Dalechamjyia with petaloid involucre," and of Euphorbia with white 

 streaked leaves. The magnificent leaves of certain species of 

 ]\fr/cai'anga and Carumhium^ those sometimes so delicate of several 

 sjjeeies of PhyUantlms^ which are simple, and whose branches always 

 imitate compound leaves, those again of our beautiful varieties of 

 Riciniis^ make of all these species very ornamental plants. By their 

 leaf-shaped cladodes, the species of P//i/I/aiif//usoffhe section A'^/Aj- 

 lihijUa are of the number of plants which, in our greenhouses, excite 

 most curiosity. 



1 W. Kerb. n. 9259.— £. Coccitmi W.—E. Hot. Mng. t. 3073), the part coloured red is the 



diversifnlin W. — E. enithrophyllo Bebtol. — perianth. 



Pleuradeiiin cocciiiea 'Rkvi'S. — PoinsfttiapiilcJui-- - Principally D. Razllaita (51. Aeg. Prodr. 



riiiia Ghau. in SrHiili. now Phil. Jciini. {March, 1223, n. 2), which is probably only a variety, 



1836) ; in iJ..(. Mng. t. 3493. The bracts are -n-ith bracts frequently coloured, of D. {Cremo- 



yeUow, more often red, and are used for dyeing. phi/Unm) spathiilala U. Bn. {Et. Gen. Enphm-biac. 



In E. fiilgeiis Karw. more often cultivated 58, t. 3, fig. 16-30). 

 under the name of E. jacquiniiefolia (Hook, in 



