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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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