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