Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 277 (1810).

Derivation: After Federico Cesi, Italian naturalist, 1585-1630, who is said to have been the first to discover the spores of ferns and whose name was Latinised as Caesius.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Stemless herbs (inflorescence sometimes mistakable for a vegetative shoot); roots tuberous; leaves basal, but sometimes withering early, grass-like or rigid and pointed.

Inflorescence a panicle, rarely a simple raceme; flowers I or few in clusters along the panicle branches; perianth-segments blue, yellowish-green or white, almost free, similar, twisting after flowering, not fringed; anthers 6; ovary with 1 or 2 ovules in each locule.

Fruit a capsule or nutlet; seeds black, carunculate.

Distribution:  About 12 species in Australia, Africa and New Guinea.

Biology: No text

Key to Species:

1. Inflorescence divaricately branched; leaves often absent at flowering	C. lateriflora 1.
1. Inflorescence simple or the branches ascending; leaves present at flowering
2. Flowers 4-6 mm long; upper bracts 1-2 mm long	C parviflora 2.
2. Flowers 6-10 mm long; upper bracts 3-5 mm long	C. vittata 3.

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