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