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