466  Sophora  Speciosa,  Bentham.  {  m-0ctl 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Sophora  speciosa,  Bentham. 
Flowering  branch,  fruits,  seeds  and  embryo. 
called  poison-bean,  it  is  largely  used  by  boys  in  the  place  of  marbles. 
Mr.  Bellinger,  of  Texas,  states  that  the  Indians  in  the  neighbor- 
hood Pof  San  Antonio  used  the  seed  as  an  intoxicant,  half  a  bean 
