¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨§§§
§¨¨¨§¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨§¨§¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨               (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.         ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨