BISEGLIA, a populous town of Italy in the kingdom of Naples and Terra de Bari, with a Bishop's see, seated near the Gulf of Venice, in E. Long. 16. 49. N. Lat. 41. 18.
BISERRULA: A genus of the decandria order, belonging to the diadelphia class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 32d order, Papilionaceae: The legumen is bilocular and flat; and the partition contrary. Of this genus there is only one species known: viz. the pelecinum, an annual plant with purple flowers, growing in Italy, Sicily, Spain, and the south of France.