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