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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.         §§§§§¨¨§§§
¨¨¨§§§§§§§                                          §§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§¨¨§§§§§§                                          §§§¨¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§§¨¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§§¨¨¨
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§¨¨§¨