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