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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.          #§%*†~-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-~†*%§                                          §%*†~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-~†*%                                          %*†~-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†*                                          *†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†                                          †~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~                                          ~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨