Hechtia pedicellata S. Watson

Hechtia pedicellata S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 26: 155. 1891
Plant slender, 5-6 dm. high; leaves densely rosulate, up to 7 dm. long; sheaths large, suborbicular or reniform; blades linear-triangular, 35 mm. wide, densely pale-appressed-lepidote below, soon glabrous above, armed with uncinate teeth up to 2 mm. long and 1-2 cm. apart; scape short, ascending, 4-6 mm. in diameter, glabrous; scape-bracts lance-ovate, linear-laminate or acuminate, much exceeding the internodes, chartaceous; inflorescence densely cylindric, 4—5 dm. long, 5-15 cm. in diameter, bipinnate except for the barely divided lowest branches, glabrous; primar>' bracts lance-ovate, acuminate, the lower ones half as long as the axillary branches; racemes laxly few-flowered; floral bracts lance-oblong, minute, much shorter than the pedicels; flowers spreading; pedicels slender, the staminate up to 3 mm. long, the pistillate up to 8 mm. long; sepals broadly triangular, 1.5 mm. long; staminate petals oblong, obtuse, 3 mm. long, cucullate; pistillate petals broadly triangular, acute, 2 mm. long; stamens included; ovary whoUy superior, glabrous ; style 1 mm. long; capsule ovoid, acute, I cm. long; seeds linear or oblong, with a narrow wing on 3 sides.
Type locality: On ledges in the barranca near Guadalajara, Jalisco. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Hechtia pedicellata is a species of plant in the genus Hechtia. This species is endemic to Mexico.