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