Eustegia
(from eu, well, and stego, to cover; in reference to the triple corona). ORD. Asclepiadeae. A genus containing four species of dwarf, decumbent, glabrous, greenhouse herbs, all natives of Southern Africa. Flowers small, in few-flowered, terminal or axillary cymes. Leaves opposite, linear, often hastate. For culture, see Ceropegia.
E. hastata (hastate). fl. white, sub-umbellate; umbels inter-petiolar; corolla rotate; corona triple, each composed of five leaves. June. l. opposite, hastate, ciliated. 1816.