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