orange-coloured. Style dark purple, hairy at the base, and 
smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, dark purple, reflexed, or re¬ 
volute. 
This very handsome plant is of hybrid origin, and was 
raised from seed by Mr. W. Smith, in the collection of the 
Earl of Liverpool; the seed was the produce of a hybrid 
that had been raised from P. villosum, fertilized by the pol¬ 
len of one of the bright red sorts. It may be considered as 
one of the first rate ones, being of strong and handsome 
growth, and an abundant bloomer; the flowers are also of 
a large size, and of a bright colour, and the dark velvetty 
spot in the centre gives it a grand appearance. It is 
named in compliment to Robert Barclay, Esq. of Bury- 
hill, near Dorking, whose collection of rare and valuable 
plants is scarcely to be surpassed, and to whom we are 
much obliged for specimens of numerous new and rare 
plants for our various publications; like the rest of the 
tribe to which the present plant is nearest related, it thrives 
well in a rich light soil; and'cuttings, planted in pots, in 
Spring or Summer, will strike root readily. 
