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Surigao. The bauno is evidently very variable pomologically 
and the trees also seem to differ greatly in productiveness. 
The excellent flavor of the bauno assures this fruit a place 
among the tropical fruits on a par with the mango, as soon as 
a facile method of propagating the species asexually shall 
have been discovered so that material of the best seedlings 
may be obtained and systematic breeding begun, reducing the 
fiber in the fruit. Botanically as well as horticulturally 
the bauno is a new fruit, having been named and described last 
year." (Wester.) For distribution later. 
NEPHELIUM LAPPACEUM . ( Sapindaceae . ) 34494. Seeds of 
the rambutan from Singapore, Straits Settlements. Presented 
by Mr. F. W. Popenoe, Altadena, Cal. " The rambutan is one of 
the commonest and at the same time most palatable fruits of 
the Malayan peninsula. Trees are to be seen in almost every 
garden in Singapore and Penang and in its season the fruit is 
hawked everywhere on the streets. 
"The tree grows to a height of about forty feet, and when 
in fruit is a handsome sight, the terminal clusters of bright 
crimson fruit being produced on every branch. The compound 
leaves are made up of oblong-ovate leaflets, about four inches 
in length and an inch and a half wide. In habit of growth the 
tree appears to be normally rather round-topped and spreading, 
but as it is frequently planted among numerous other trees it 
is forced to grow tall and slender, branching only at a con- 
siderable height above the ground. 
"According to J. D'Almeida Pereira of Singapore there are 
eight or ten varieties of the rambutan, the difference being 
in form and coloring.- The natives, however, do not dis- 
tinguish between any of these varieties. Mr. Pereira con- 
siders the "Atjenese" variety, which he has propagated by 
grafting, to be the finest, as it is the sweetest in flavor 
and the pulp does not adhere to the seed as closely as in most 
varieties. From his description of this form it would appear 
that it is nothing less than the species Nephelium mutabile, 
which although of distinctive appearance from the rambutan, 
seems to be considered by all the natives as merely a variety 
of the latter. Among the varieties of the true rambutan the 
differences do not seem to be very well marked or of great 
importance . 
"In appearance a cluster of rambutans, when highly col- 
ored, is exceptionally attractive. The best forms attain', when 
fully ripe, a rich crimson color, while the -poorer ones are 
greenish or yellowish, sometimes a combination of these two 
and lacking any tinge of crimson. The individual fruits are 
