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FIG. 250. BRAMBLE (Rubus fruticosus). 



One of the many forms of this very variable shrub. The fruits have formed, but are at present hard and red, 



the drupes not having yet developed the juiciness and black colour that marks the ripening of the contained 



seed. EUROPE, N. AFRICA, N. and W. ASIA. 



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