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