Jasmine eyed the clear leaves of the plant and it's calming nature, "Perhaps it helps clear one's mind of troubled thoughts and calms any sense of anxiety."

Antwone wasn't entirely sure what to say so he just wrote notes off of the other student's comments.

Bess raised her hand. "It can be used to clear dirt because of it's 'clear quailtl' or purify something. So it can be used in cleansing potions and muggle face wash? "
She continued, "It can also come of use in muggle pills to cure head ache.... because of it's calming qualities and can also be used in a Calming Potion made by us wizards and witches."

Katie rasied her hand but shot it back down again. she didnt want to sound stupid infront of everyone just incase if she was wrong.

Taking notes as if mad, Mindy had to scribble messily what Professor had said, and the other students as well. It wasn't an easy job. She got scared when she almost broke her quill. She wondered if she should raise her hand.

"It's actually been making a rather nice house plant, when kept to a minimum." He pulled away and the plant pulled back as though content to wait until something came close once more. "It's really a wonderful idea."

"That's an interesting idea, Cassandra, though today's wizards usually have little use for bandaging, and it's not a naturally occurring hybrid. As a household plant, however, I'm sure that it could do wonders if a child were hurt in play and there was no one to take care of the matter at the time. As for healing potions, many potions masters have been studying the idea since the plant's creation."

He nodded. "The plant as is tends to have a calming quality about it." He handed the plant over to be passed around, which the plant seemed happy about.

He nodded, smiling softly. "A good idea, Jasmine. It does seem to be doing well in that field."

"As interesting as that is, please do try to explain why a muggle would be using these plants in the first place?" He cleared his throat, trying to take the incredulous edge off his voice. "Either way, it actually doesn't do so well in cleansing potions, though it does rather well in Calming potions. Well thought on that part."

"So, a point to each of you. Let's try an older more natural hybrid." He pulled out a smaller plant then, that actually looked rather normal. "The combination of the fanged geranium and a more mundane specie, geranium sanguineum. Amazingly enough, the traits it exhibits are not of the fanged geranium, but appears more mundane. However, when used in potions the magical properties come through. When used in calmer solutions, it can completely reverse the way a potion is going. When used other sorts of potions, which I shall not name, it can increase potency. Thus, this plant is not used often in potions. But tell me, what might be the danger of keeping this plant around, improperly labeled?"

Antwone gaped at the professor, not understanding a word he was saying about geranium whatchamacallits.

Rapunzel, "Umm........somebody might mistake it for the fanged variety.....or misuse it in the wrong potion? Also, since it looks mundane, couldn't it just be passed off as harmless and then wind up having dastardly effects when misused?" Rapunzel hazared a guess.

"Well, I assume if one was to approach the fanged plant it would attack, and bite. There is also the danger that a muggle would discover this plant and be exposed to our world..." Cassandra said blushing at the professor.

Ariana was lost; she shook her head having no idea at what he had just asked, but took a shot anyway. "Well, people might mistake it for the the fanged variety, and it would be dangerous to Muggle, they might think of it as a Venus Fly trap or something and touch it for some reason. Though in potions it might cause the potion ot malfunction, which would be horrible for the drinker." she said, throwing caution to the wind.

"I would think there could be some pretty serious consequences, since the plant appears so innocent," Excelsior said. "I can see it easily falling into the wrong ends and somebody possibly getting hurt."

Agie raised her hand "Professor, could that be because someone could get the wrong idea of the plant. What i mean is that could it possible be mistaken for a more innocent plat at times and there for be very dangerous because it could attack. I also thing that this plant is just too unpredictable, you don't know which part of the hybrid you're going to get and no one would know the true dangers of it." Agie said, hoping she was getting the general idea of this point.

Kerry raised her hand, "There are lots of dangers for a plant being mislabeled. As you said Professor, this plant isn’t used much in potions because of the effects it can have in various potions.”

“Well just imagine if it were used in a potion by accident…because it was improperly labeled. The person who is making this potion would have no idea that they were using the wrong ingredient. They’re just following the potions directions and using ingredients that they think are properly labeled. Why should they suspect any differently. So they continue brewing the potion. If they’re lucky they might catch that there’s a problem with the potion by the looks of it or the smell of it…but what if they don’t realize anything’s wrong?” Kerry asked.

“What if they don’t find the mistake out until it’s too late… like when they’re actually trying or using the potion. You said that in some potions this plant can make potions more potent. What if they made it so potent that it made the drinker sick or even worse.” Kerry shuddered for a moment…she did not like to think about death.

“It’s a very scary idea to think what could happen just because of a plant being mislabeled and that’s why we need to be very careful and if we’re not sure we shouldn’t use or handle them. Obviously some plants look like others but the effects of the two same looking plants can be night and day. It seems that with hybrids this can happen a lot as they look like one plant and act like another. And if we do use these plants we need to check and double check that we properly label them when we‘re done so that something like that doesn‘t happen to us.”

Jasmine nodded in agreement as she heard some others speak. "Yes, I think since the geranium sanguineum,a.k.a. bloody cranesbill, is most commonly used by muggles as a hardy border flower in their rock gardens. It would seem quite likely that at some point one of these hybrids could be used as such and cause serious injury. Also, since Muggles have not been exposed to a fanged geranium, an incident of a plant attacking someone would undoubtably raise some interesting questions warranting some sort of investigation."

Thinking a moment longer, Jasmine went on to say,"I believe plants with any similarity to the fanged geranium that Muggles might know of are the dionaea muscripula, erm.. venus fly trap, various species of sundews,pitcher plants, and butterworts and such."

Jasmine stopped talking when she realized she was beginning to ramble. Also, she had let down her guard getting caught up in the class. Sitting up straighter, she crossed her arms and resumed her previous wary stare.

Bess raised her hand. "Improper lableing can lead to the wrong usage of the ingredient. It can be mistaken for some other thing and that would create confusion or perhaps worse, a dangerous concequence after usage."

Dani wrote notes boredly.

Qaz was writing as fast as she could, trying to keep up with the conversations. Muggle gardening certainly didn't prepare her for this.

Erikson nodded at last, hearing the right answers. "Very good, Kerry, Bess... The danger lies in using the plant in a potion, as it can have disastrous results. Now can you two name off, from only what I've said, why the danger isn't in someone getting bitten, but rather when it's used in potions?"

Jezz raised her hand, "Well, every plant has different effects when it's put together with other plants. Also, the amount you use of the plant can cause the effect to be stronger or weaker than it's supposed to. If you use two plants that have a bad reaction to each other, it can cause a disasterous effect." She looked down blushing.

"Um . . . the essence of the plant, the essence that is in the potion is more vital then it's bite?" Antwone said, raising his hand meekly. He really had no idea.

Cassandra knew the professor was addressing solely the two Gryffindors, but as she craved his approval, she raised her hand and answered. "As this plant appears to be more mundane, to improperly label it, or not label it at all, would be deadly, if, as you say, the magical properties of the fanged geranium come through in a potion. One may be trying to create a love potion and seeing the geranium sanguineum, more commonly known as the Cranesbill geranium the witch or wizard will poison his or her love interest instead of charming them."

Qaz waited while others answered. The question seemed to be directed to the two Griffindors, but she thought she'd give it a try anyway, so she raised her hand and said 'Would it be because the poison in a bite would be of very weak strength, but as an ingredient in a potion it is in a much more concentrated form?'

Bess raised her hand to answer.
"It's reaction with the ingredients of the potion can be dangerours. It can mix wrongly with other ingedients and thus get harmful wheras the bite does not have such harmful qualities and will not be of any such danger."

Kerry thought for a moment, “I’m not sure exactly what you’re looking for Professor. But I’ll give it my best shot.“

“Hmm,“ Kerry began, “well what if this incorrectly labeled ingredient were used in a very dangerous potion to begin with….such as wolfsbane for instance. Perhaps it was put into wolfs bane accidently, because someone mistook the mislabeled plant for say… aconite. Now we know aconite is poisonous in and of itself but mixed together properly into the wolfsbane potion, it can save a werewolf from the painful transformations he must go through each full moon. However, imagine now that this powerful geranium was put in the wolfs bane potion instead of the aconite. You said Professor, that this plant makes potions more powerful and potent. What if the geranium mistaken for the aconite makes the wolfs bane poisonous, or gives false hope to the drinker who thinks he will be safe taking this potion. Can you imagine the implications? It could either kill the drinker straight off, or the drinker can wind up killing someone else because he did not take the precautions needed during the full moon, because he thought he’d be safe. That‘s a huge responsibility to bare just because of a mislabeling of ingredients, don‘t you think?”

Kerry shrugged… “I mean that’s just an example off the top of my head. The truth is I don’t know what this plant looks like and I’m not sure if it could be mistaken for aconite. I’m just giving an example of how someone might think the germanium is one particular ingredient. So they take it and they add it to a potion as directed. And it’s only when the potion is finished …do they realize that there’s been some sort of mistake, or switch in an ingredient, and by then it can be too late, as I have just mentioned.”

Kerry paused a minute and frowned. She wasn‘t happy with her answer,. She had an idea in her head, but was having trouble getting it across in words. She gave it one last shot to explain herself.

“I’m sorry I can’t give a better example, Professor, but I don’t know which potions this geranium would make more potent and which potions it would not affect. I don’t think that matters though. What it does come down to, is that we should always check and recheck our ingredients. We should familiarize ourselves with what they look like, smell like, feel like. These little details could make all the difference in the world. We might be able to pick up on a mistake just because we are informed about what a particular ingredient should really be like.”

Jasmine listened to Kerry give her answer and gave her an encouraging smile. She then turned back to stare at the professor and before she could stop herself she said quietly, "It would seem that this situation could be applied to people as well as plants, wouldn't you say professor? Just like the mundane geranium, a person can seem very innocent and unthreatening, something or someone you would never think twice about coming in contact with. But, underneath there are secrets and deceptions, and before you realize it you can find yourself in a life or death situation."