¨¨¨-==†&¶#                                          #¶&†==-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-==†&¶                                          ¶&†==-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-==†&                                          &†==-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-==†                                          †==-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-==†&                                          &†==-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-==†&¶                (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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¨¨¨-==†&¶#                                          #¶&†==-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-==†&¶                                          ¶&†==-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-==†&                                          &†==-¨¨¨¨¨