a white flowering arborescentVeronica of New Zealand, Veronica salicifolia, Forst., N.O. Scrophularineae.
1855. Rev. R. Taylor, `Te Ika a Maui,' P. 454:
«Koromiko, a very ornamental plant, but disappearing before thehorse. It bears a tapering-shaped flower of a purplish white.»
1872. A. Domett, `Ranolf,' p. 2:
«Just a ditch,
With flowering koromiko rich.»
1884. T. Bracken, `Lays of Maori,' p. 21:
«The early breeze
That played among the koromiko's leaves.»
1889. Vincent Pyke, `Wild Will Enderby,' p. 16:
«Fostered by the cool waters of a mountain rivulet, thekoromiko grows by the side of the poisonous tutu bushes.»