a flower, Veronicaperfoliata, R. Br., N.O. Scrophularaneae, describedin quotations.
1878. W. R. Guilfoyle, `First Book of Australian Botany,' p. 64:
«Digger's Delight, Veronica perfoliata, N.O. Scrophularineae. A pretty, blue-flowering shrub,with smooth stem-clasping leaves; found in the mountainousdistricts of Victoria and New South Wales, and deriving itscommon name from a supposition that its presence indicatedauriferous country. It is plentiful in the elevated coldregions of Australia.»
1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 147:
«Such native flowers as the wild violet, the shepherd's purse,or the blue-flowered `digger's delight.' This latter has come,perhaps, with the seeds from some miner's holding amongst theiron-barks in the gold country, and was once supposed to growonly on auriferous soils. When no one would think of diggingfor gold in this field, the presence of the flower is, perhaps,as reliable an indication of a golconda underneath as thereports and information on the strength of which many miningcompanies are floated.»