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