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the anthers. It is mostly fertilised by bees, but 
frequently also by its own pollen, the numerous 
stamens bending over the two or three styles to 
deposit their pollen. The carpels at the base of these 
styles contain two seed-eggs each instead of one, as in 
Potentillas, but as a rule only one develops; and as 
the carpel grows, its Juicy covering grows as well, so 
that we have not a nutlet or achene in the fruit, but 
adrupe. The final product of the Stone Bramble’s 
flower, then, is a solitary juicy scarlet drupe, or a 
cluster of two or three drupes. 
The other herbaceous Bramble is the Cloudberry 
(Rubus chamemorus), which grows on high peaty 
moors in the north of these islands. It is of some- 
what similar habit to the Stone Bramble, but its 
creeping, branched rootstock does not give off 
runners, and its stem, though growing erect, 
is only about half a foot in height. Never- 
theless, its solitary flower is an inch across, 
with white petals, and its compound fruit 
consists of nearly a dozen round juicy 
drupes, at first of a bright scarlet colour, — cloudberry 
changing when ripe to rich orange. 
In these two species the stems are covered only 
with down and bristles, which serve to prevent ants 
from climbing to the flowers and taking away pollen 
or nectar without rendering service in return. The 
Wild Raspberry (Rubus ideus) has tall, erect- 
growing, tapering, shrubby stems, which last for 
two seasons, and these are densely armed by slender 
prickles, which readily pierce the hand, and of course 
prevent the stems and leaves being devoured by 
cattle. The flowers are in small drooping clusters, 
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