¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§§§§§§§                                          §§§§§§§¨¨¨
§§¨¨§§§§§§                                          §§§§§§¨¨§§
§¨¨¨¨§§§§§                                          §§§§§¨¨¨¨§
¨¨§§¨¨§§§§                                          §§§§¨¨§§¨¨
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§                (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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¨¨§§§§§§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨