Hodgsonia
(named after B. H. Hodgson, F.L.S.). ORD. Cucurbitaceae. A genus consisting of only one (or perhaps two) species. H. heteroclita is a remarkable shrub, native of Eastern Bengal and the Malay Archipelago. It requires an almost tropical heat and damp in summer, but not in winter, when it ought to be kept more cool and dry. It has not yet flowered in this country. Propagated from imported seeds, or by cuttings, inserted in sandy soil, under a bell glass, in bottom heat.
H. heteroclita (anomalous). fl. yellow outside, white within, large, with long filiform twisted appendages hanging from their lobes; very deciduous. May. fr. large, melon-like. l. persistent, coriaceous, palmately lobed; lobes entire. The stems are described by Sir Joseph Hooker as slender, frequently 100ft. long, climbing the forest trees, and having their branching ends matted together, and covered with leaves, which sometimes form a dense hanging screen of bright green foliage. (C. H. P. 1, 2, 3.)