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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                  ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                                          ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-                                          -^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-†         ¨^-†-^¨ 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.         ¶¤§††-^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^-††§¤                                          ¤§††-^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^-††§                                          §††-^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^-††                                          ††-^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-†                                          †-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-                                          -^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨