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¨§¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨§§§§¨¨
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¨§§§¨¨¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          §§§§§§§§§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§                (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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§§§§§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨§§¨¨§
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