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