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