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¨¨¨¨--=†&&                                          &&†=--¨¨¨¨
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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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