Aurora had heard about these... something to do with muggles. Rufin had mentioned it... she only remembered what the muggles called it... something in a really old book or a myth or... something. "Is it... like the burning bush in the Muggle thing... the bible or something." she asked. "I can't remember the actual name for it, but I'm guessing that's where the muggle idea came from." she added, a little crease in her forehead as she thought.

Dittany? Wiggen wood?

Kendra had never even heard of these plants. She would have to look them up sometime when she got back to the common room. She could see much due to the darkness of the greenhouse, so tried to squint over the heads of the others to see what they were looking at.

Kurumi followed the rest of the crowd as the continued to make their way further into the greenhouse, eyes flicking every once in awhile towards the ivy. Even if their purpose was to help keep the light out and they were playful - Professor Bentley's words not hers - Kurumi still found them suspicious.

As they walked, a part reached out and tugged on her ponytail lightly. It was probably only trying to say hello, but it made Kurumi jump. Well, as long as it wasn't trying to pull her hair out...OOF! Kurumi turned around to see that Lewis had accidentally run into her. "I-I-It's alright," she whispered, turning her attention back towards Professor Bentley.

What plant? Kurumi's eyes hadn't adjusted enough to be able to see anything but the flames at the base of the tree. Flaming tree? Well, Kurumi wasn't sure if it was the tree that had flames or...whatever was at its base. After all, the tree didn't have any leaves and what knowledge Kurumi had about magical plants that had flames...well...they were flaming from their branches and not from their base. Which, well, only indicated to Kurumi that she had no idea what she was looking at.

Kurumi really didn't want to offer up the same response as everyone else, Kurumi thought a bit more about...trees..."Is it....an Alder tree?" They were highly combustible...or something like that. She had come across them being associated with fire often in her reading anyway.

LuLu looked up emm uhh the only answer she could possibly think of was dittiny and that was said enough times already she lowered back a bit and her hand raised into the air "Could it be Dittiny also known as Burning Bush because it releases flammable vapors.,'' she replied hopfully right the thing looked as it could jst catch fire on somthing.... easily she put her hand up again ''C-can it emm harm anyone,'' Awkward.......

Gwen looked carefully at the plant, but couldn't tell what it was. So it kind of burns?!, the Ravenclaw thought and tried to look for some other characteristics of the plant. Oooh, I have no idea what this could be. Mallowsweed? Or perhaps Sage? Those plants the centaurs use... I GIVE UP!, Gwendolyn told herself and listened to the other students talk.

It's some kind of a bush, she finally decided. 'Dittany, perhaps?', the third year said, but then thought it might have been better if she hadn't. Meh...

Messer followed the Professor and the rest of the class going further into the greenhouse. Then the Professor said that not to touch anything. Why would he do that? He won't touch those plant unless its necessary.

They were walking, walking, walking and walking then he could see a strange glow came from...leafless looking tree? "Is it fire seed bush?" Messer answered. He's not pretty sure about his answer because he didn't know much about plants but he raised his hand nonetheless.

Louisa took a long deep breath before grabbing her satchel's strand and following the line of students. Walking in the greenhouse with very little light while all those pixies and moving toadstools they studied earlier was NOT a comfort. She made sure to have an older student before and behind her as everybody followed professor Bentley and stood in front of the tree.

Louisa peered around the student blocking her way and stared down at the fire beneath, "Wow." Was all she could murmur before focusing on the question. Now what this lifeless tree was... Louisa had no idea, sadly. She just stood there waiting for the secret to be revealed.

Autumn was preety sure she knew this answer she had read about it oer the summer "Excuse me professor but is it dittany?"

Adeline looked at the professor and then at the plant. She didn't know what it was but guessing was better than looking stupid at least if you're wrong you can be told why you were wrong the next time the question is asked you know you will get it right. "I believe it is a fire bush." Adeline told the nice teacher.

As instructed, Kimalia followed the Professor into the darkness.. She wasn't very fond of some of these plants and merely stared straight until they stopped around a strange one that was glowing.

Who can identify this plant? Shoot, not her.. She didn't think it was a toadstool. She had to guess though, and raised her hand. "Is it.. a Wand tree? Such as Rowan."

Admiring the warm glow of the specimen before her, Seren managed to finally peel her eyes away from the light and turned to the students. Now what did they make of this fine plant?

A number of the students seemed to be lost for words, this didn't surprise her. The glowing branches and low flames were a captivating sight.



Some of the other students had interesting theories though... and rather original... or even just an odd observation.



And then there were answers that came out of nowhere. How did they come to that conclusion?



... "No... it's definitely not Dittany... Dittany is a a herb, and despite its reputation as the burning bush, it does not actually burn.." unless you set it on fire, which she wouldn't recommend. "It's the herbs colour and flammable vapours which earn it that title."

And finally at long last... a few students managed to identify the specimen correctly.



"Well done to those of you who correctly identified this specimen as a Fire Seed Bush... as you can see the bush bears no leaves, rather it has the appearance of a leafless old tree.. small tree that is." Because really it only reached up to her waist, and that wasn't exactly tall. "The bush is characterised by its bright glow which comes from within the plant. The low embers at its base are also a key indicator as to its identity."

Seren paused briefly to let the students absorb this information and observe the plant a little longer.
"If you look close enough you can see that the fire seeds grow along the branches." ... slightly camouflaged by the branches glow.

"Though the plant is not considered dangerous, you should exercise great caution when working with them so that you do not burn yourself."

"Can anybody hazard a guess as to what the uses are for the Fire Seeds?"

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Oh, it was a fire seed bush. Since Raven was not good in Herbology and any plants actually.
And now, the function. She answered it.

"As an potions ingredients actually." Merlin, that was the simplest answer. But certain plants are used in potions, right?

Carigan thought long and hard on this. Fire seeds.... FIRE seeds.... hmmmm... "Professor... could they possibly be used to like... make fires bigger or hotter or something... like... Like how at the gringotts bank they have dragons, right? Well they are probably, like, raised for the bank. So maybe they need to get them as eggs and then they have to hatch them. But then, like, they can't get the fire hot enough because the mother dragon's fire would be waaaaay hotter. So they put fire seeds in the fire and BAM! Instantly hot enough!" She figured that the professor might think she was a bit crazy for thinking of something like that. Then again, this is Hogwarts and the magical world so you really never know.

Fire Seed Bush. That was the name of that small leafless tree. Fire Seed Bush. The Ravenclaw girl repeated that name inside her head.

And since they were already wearing their protective gloves, she just carefully listened as the Herbology Professor added in more information about the said plant. Since she couldn't jot down what they have discussed for she left her backpack near the entrance of the greenhouse, she just tried her best to store the information inside her head.

Yes, the fire seeds were in the branches in fact. She nodded after confirming it.

Moving on, the uses. What could be the use of the Fire Seed Bush? Hmmm...After raising her hand, Beatrice answered, "Professor, I think that the Fire Seeds can be used as an ingredient in some potions." Because most plants played roles like that. "As to what potion, I don't know.." She added, followed by a shrug. It was just a guess but she hoped she'd get it right. As far as the lesson was going, she had not given a correct answer yet.

Tyler was bouncing in his seat when the teacher asked the question. The answer was sooo obvious, he was eleven and he knew this.

"That's easy! You plant the seeds and get more fire trees and also if your fire is dying you throw the seeds in it and your fire will blaze."

He relaxed into his seat and folded his arms with a smug expression on his face.

It's not Dittany? Oh well. The use of Fire Seeds? Uhh, to plant more Fire Seed Bush? Janice shrugged off the thought as she raised her hand to answer.

"Are they used to keep fire burning in the fireplace or something?"

Zhenya's spirits leaped with joy! She had a thought... "Well, they might be useful if you're stranded and need a fire to warm you up. Or for light... or if you were trapped in a maze of Devil's Snare. But it is used in certain Potions, though I'm not sure which ones. I haven't made any with the ingredient yet. Well, they might be in Fire Whisky but I think that burning is just the alcohol... And like I said about the fire, it can be really helpful I think if you really need heat or something, because you can keep the seeds warm, I think," she said.

"Are they used to make fire and is it a potion ingriedient."

Kurumi squinted a bit, trying to force her eyes to adjust more to the light. Merlin, maybe she really did need glasses. She had a pair for reading, but it seemed as though she was going to need to bring them to classes more often. What she had thought was a tree...was more a bush...much shorter...which made her even more embarrassed for her guess. Well, this wasn't awkward at all...mistaking a bush for a tree...

Kurumi began to inwardly panic about her Herbology OWL, and it sort of showed on her face.

But then, Professor Bentley moved the class along and Kurumi's hand went up immediately. "Fire seeds can be used to make incubators for eggs and small creatures that need to be kept warm. Dragon eggs, for example, require very hot temperatures and fire seeds are a good way to help maintain the required heat for the egg to hatch into a healthy baby dragon."

Jory had never heard of a Fire seed Bush before. but still he tried to think of a use for the seeds.
Rising his hands, he said to the Professor "Uh, can it be used for starting a fire if you don't have matches or anything else that usually starts one?"

Okay. So she'd been wrong about the plant being Dittany. But at least she'd been confidant in her answer and hadn't been the only one to be wrong. It did show that she might need to brush up on her Herbology though. Unfortunately last years studies had been slightly interrupted by having to look after Harper so now she'd have to study extra hard to find out what she needed to know.

Ohh. Now here was something she could answer correctly.

"The fireseeds are used as an ingredient in Antidotes to Uncommon Poisons. The seeds are also useful for if one needed to maintain a high temperature in a room, to say breed dragons," Amelia stated. While she may not have correctly identified the bush now that she knew what it was she did have some idea of the uses of the seeds.

Firebush? It did not surprise Selina that she had NO IDEA what that even was. Herbology was not Selina's strongest suit naturally. When it came to this class she had to work really hard and study to do well. She was not like Kurumi who just knew what was going on in this class because she was naturally brilliant. Admiration was not even a word for what Selina felt for Kurumi. The girl was brilliant.

But fire seeds... Well from what Bentley had already told them she could make a pretty good assumption as to what they did exactly. Her answer might not be perfect but she could guess it well enough. "Well Professor maybe you can use them to heat something up? You said they were hot, so if you use them correctly perhaps you can keep something well heated. Like perhaps wizards in ancient times would keep the fire seeds under their beds to keep it warm because they did not have heat instead of a hot water bottle that Muggles used."

Autumn was wrong it was not dittany that was surprising she hadnt read about this plant but she thought she may as well take a geuss "Professor, is this used in potions? Like alot of plants, and is this used to help fires keep going also you plant them and they grow into more plants?" Autumn said this with a quizzical look she wasnt sure but tried a educated geuss.

Brilliant! She was correct. Heh. She knew it wasn't Dittany!

Cass then patted her pockets for any sort of spare parchment and brought out the muggle pen that Lyra had once left in her room. She still preferred good ole quills over the silly ball point pens, but she had no choice, it wasn't as if she could whip out a quill and an inkwell and write without making a mess.

She then scribbled the information down on the parchment, taking care not to press too hard and pierce a hole through it while casually glancing up at the plant every other minute or so.

"They're basically used for potion ingredients Professor." She answered, although she wasn't sure which potion needed it, she really couldn't imagine a potion that needed fire seeds. "and well, maybe they can be used for other things too, like uh..portable heat?" She guessed "Maybe you can put a few seeds inside a glass jar and you can carry it around during winter to prevent frostbite or something like that."

Then she wondered..."Professor, does a fire seed's flame ever burn out?"

Fire seeds? Ira didn't really know what they were. So she pondered over the question asked by the professor. There must be a reason why they were called a fire seeds, right? So maybe they produce fire? like flintstones? Or do they just become hot and hotter?

Whatever it is, Ira risked telling her own answer. She raised her hand up and answered, "Professor, as their names suggest, are they used to light a fire? Or maybe they just help to keep the temperature warm.." Because low flames could already be seen at the base of the bush. She continued, "But I do know that they are used for making some potions. I remember them being mentioned in book."