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