§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨§§§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§§§                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§                                          §§¨§¨§§¨§§
§§§¨¨§§¨§¨                                          ¨§§§§¨§§¨¨
¨¨§¨§¨§§§§               (EQUISETUM)                §¨¨¨§§¨§¨§
¨§§§§§¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨§¨§§§§§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          §¨§§§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§§¨§§¨                                          §§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§§¨§§        ¨,~/~,¨ THE PLANT ¨,~/~,¨         ¨§¨§§¨¨§§§
§¨§§§¨§§¨¨                                          §§§¨§¨§¨¨¨
§§¨¨§§¨§¨§ THE  EQUISETUM IS  A  PLANT  MUCH  OLDER ¨¨§§§§§¨¨§
¨§¨§¨§§§§¨ THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§¨
§§§§§¨¨¨§¨ OLDER THAN MOST  TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN §§¨¨¨§§§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§§ TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§§
¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨§               TRANSPARENT.               §§¨§§¨¨§¨§
¨¨§¨§§§¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨§§§§
¨§§§¨¨§§§¨ THE PLANT  HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS §¨§§§§¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨ STACKED UPON  THE NEXT,  WITH  SPOKELIKE §§¨¨¨§¨¨§§
§¨§§§§¨§§¨ RIBS  RADIATING OUTWARD.  EVEN SO,  IT'S ¨§¨¨§§¨§¨¨
§§¨¨¨§§¨§¨ VERY LIGHT, BEING  HOLLOW. IT'S  ROUGHLY §§¨§¨§§§¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§§§§ THE HEIGHT OF  A FOXES TAIL, AND  SHARES ¨§§§§¨¨§§¨
§§¨§§§¨¨¨§            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            §¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨
¨§§¨¨§¨¨§§                                          §¨¨§§§§§§§
§¨§¨§§¨§¨¨ IT  LIKES PARTIAL  SHADE  AND VERY  DAMP §¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§§§§¨§§§¨§                   AREAS                  §§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§§¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§
¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨§                                          ¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨§
¨§§§§§§¨§§                                          §¨§¨¨§§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨         ¨,~/~,¨ IN MAGIC ¨,~/~,¨         §§§¨§¨§§¨§
§¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§§¨§§¨
§¨¨¨§§§§¨¨ WHEN A COLONY  NUMBERS  HIGH ENOUGH,  IT ¨§¨¨¨§§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨ SLICES  THE   AIR  IN  THE  FOREST  INTO §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
§¨§§¨¨§§¨¨ SEPARATE PLANES, A  FEW  CENTIMETERS  IN ¨§¨§§§¨§¨§
§§¨§¨§¨§¨§ HEIGHT.  TIME  CAN  GET   DIFFRACTED  IN §§§¨¨§§§§¨
¨§§§§§§§§§ THESE,  HITTING   EACH  IN  TURN   IN  A ¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨       SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND      ¨§§§§¨¨§¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨          EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.         §¨¨¨§¨§§§¨
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨§§§¨¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§                                          §§§¨§§§§¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§¨¨¨§§¨
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