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