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