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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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