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